Audit of Pesticides Report May 13 08

Office of the Auditor General / Bureau du vérificateur général AUDIT OF THE CORPORATE PESTICIDE USE POLICY 2007 Chapter 4d VÉRIFICATION DE LA POLITIQUE DE LA VILLE CONCERNANT L’UTILISATION DE PESTICIDES 2007 Chapitre 4d Chapter 4d: Audit of the Corporate Pesticides Use Policy Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...........................................................................................................I RÉSUMÉ ............................................................................................................................X 1 BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................1 2 AUDIT OBJECTIVES AND APPROACH .....................................................................3 3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGTHS..............................................................................4 4 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................5 4.1 OVERALL FINDINGS ..............................................................................................................5 4.1.1 Policy Application to City-owned Properties....................................................5 4.1.2 lication to Outdoor Property Owned by Other Parties and Outside Contractors................................................................................................5 4.2 AUDIT OBJECTIVES................... ...