Office of Audit and Evaluation Director

Office of Audit Services and Management Support MEMORANDUM To: Frank Billingsley, Economic Development Director From: J. T. Sirak, CPA, Director Office of Audit Services and Management Support Re: Follow-Up of the Code Enforcement Management Study (Report No. 09-04M) Date: July 9, 2009 Attached is a summary of the status of recommendations as determined from our follow-up review of the Code Enforcement Management Study (Report No. 08-04M), issued July 9, 2008. Our review procedures consisted of a review of the status of the recommendations provided by Code Enforcement administrative personnel, inquiries of management, and examination of certain documents. Our follow-up was made in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards. The standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a reasonable basis for our findings and conclusions based on our audit objectives. Seventeen of the twenty-five recommendations contained in the original report have been implemented; four were partially implemented; three are planned for implementation; and one was not implemented. Three of the four partially implemented and two of the three planned for implementation recommendations are expected to be implemented by March 2010, as part of a Code Enforcement web-based application being developed by Technology Management. The remaining partially implemented recommendation, ...