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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing Acting City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with DKG Consultants, LLC for Finance, Accounting and Administrative Consulting Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $67,500 (CM)
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MEETING DATE:
August 6, 2025
PREPARED BY:
James Lindsay, Acting City Manager
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing Acting City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with DKG Consultants, LLC for finance, accounting and administrative consulting services in an amount not to exceed $67,500.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On June 10, 2025, City Council received Moss Adams LLP's City-Wide Internal Controls Review Final Report. The Report shows that the City has opportunity to strengthen controls, policies, procedures and systems. The evaluation discovered gaps in internal controls of varying degrees across multiple departments and suggests the City address the following priorities in the next 6-12 months:
? Implement a fraud, waste, and abuse hotline
? Establish an internal audit function
? Implement a committee-based approach for investment management
? Assess current staffing levels
? Develop a process to ensure monthly accounts receivable aging reconciliation are performed and that both the preparer and reviewer sign off on the accounts receivable aging reconciliation as evidence of completion of their duties
? Set a threshold where a Utility Billing manager must review customer account adjustments prior to being posted
? Perform bank reconciliation for the past seven months
? Assess the necessity of fleet vehicles and dispose of vehicles that are no longer needed
? Strengthen the review process over the pre-import data validation for Fire Department payroll
? Strengthen the CAL-Card use and review process
? Establish a centralized procurement function to oversee and streamline procurement activities across all departments
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