City Auditor

• Hotline reports revealed $700K in annual loss or waste within City of Hamilton: auditor

  The latest annual fraud and waste report was able to substantiate 32 per cent of 107 allegations received through a confidential hotline from July 2021 through June 2022.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2023
  
• Auditor suggests changes to Hamilton’s accessible taxi scrip program to avoid misuse

  An auditor's report is making three recommendations for the city's taxi scrips program, suggesting misuse of accessible transit services (ATS) can be avoided.

  Politics

  Dec 1, 2022
  
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• Auditor report says maintenance of Hamilton’s DARTS ‘unequivocally poor’ during inspections

  Hamilton's auditor says some issues discovered within the city's DARTS accessible transit fleet were critical failures that could have impacted safe operations.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2022
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• Edmonton lost $1.6M to invoicing scheme where city didn’t see the signs: audit

  Two former City of Edmonton employees are likely facing criminal charges and a civil lawsuit after the municipality fell victim to a $1.6 million false invoicing scheme.

  Crime

  Jul 15, 2020
• City auditor to look at size of Edmonton bureaucracy and middle management

  There's something in the work plan for the coming year of the city auditor that has made Edmonton city councillors sit up and take notice. David Wiun confirms he'll dive into the size and make up of the bureaucracy.

  Politics

  Nov 12, 2019
• Edmonton audit finds problems with affordable housing strategies

  A new audit at City Hall says money isn't being tracked as well is could be in the city's affordable housing strategy. Coun. Mike Nickel says the result is, not enough is getting built.

  Politics

  Jun 15, 2018
• Audit finds Edmonton’s $8.5M IT infrastructure project entangled in waste and possible conflict of interest

  Mayor Don Iveson is calling the results of a city audit that concluded $8.5-million spent on an information technology project was both wasteful and potentially in conflict of interest with the contracted project management staff "absolutely unacceptable."

  Money

  Apr 6, 2018
• Key performance targets missed by Calgary 911 call centre

  One huge concern was a 20 per cent increase in sickness and absence per employee over the past two years. With limited resources, that has resulted in huge overtime payments. 

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2017
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• City audit reveals contract bidding problems that are costing Edmonton millions

  Edmonton staff have been in too big of a rush to get contracts tendered on construction projects. The city auditor has made eight recommended changes to the process.

  Politics

  Sep 11, 2017
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• Edmonton auditor calls for more follow-up work on crosswalk safety

  Transportation staff were criticized by the City Auditor for not doing enough follow up work after improving cross walks to see if the changes helped.

  Politics

  Jun 29, 2017