AC&C Audit 2004

Animal Care & Control June 2004 Audit Team Members Eve Murillo, Audit Manager Patra E. Carroll, Senior Auditor Susan Huntley, Associate Auditor Kimmie Wong, Associate Auditor Lisa Iampaglia, Associate Auditor Laurie Aquino, Staff AuditorMaricopa County Internal Audit Department Do the right things right!” Maricopa County Internal Audit Department 301 West Jefferson St Suite 1090 June 14, 2004 Phx, AZ 85003-2143 Phone: 602-506-1585 Fax: 602-506-8957 Andrew Kunasek, Chairman, Board of Supervisors www.maricopa.gov Fulton Brock, Supervisor, District I Don Stapley, Supervisor, District II Max W. Wilson, Supervisor, District IV Mary Rose Wilcox, Supervisor, District V We have completed our FY 2004 review of the Animal Care and Control Department (AC&C). The audit was performed in accordance with the annual audit plan approved by the Board of Supervisors. The specific areas reviewed were selected through a formal risk-assessment process. Highlights of this report include the following: • AC&C’s extensive use of adoption fee discounts may have reduced FY 2003 revenues by an estimated $500,000. • AC&C accurately reports animal disposition statistics when compared against information from the department’s internal system. • Controls over inventory and procurement ...