Berkeley City Auditor

📊Since our last update, Environmental Health has implemented one more recommendation, and made progress on some other recommendations. However, restaurant inspection data has still not been restored online. 2/2

📢 Join the #berkmeeting tomorrow at 6pm to hear about our Guide to Measuring Performance and an update from Environmental Health on our Restaurant Inspections Audit recommendations. berkeleyca.gov/city-council... 1/2

📝Paper contracts. ❓Unclear guidance. ✍️Short staffing. All led to the overuse of non-competitive contracts, as well as delays. 3/3

💵We found the City spent millions of dollars on non-competitive contracts when competition was likely possible. ♻️For example, the City authorized nearly $85 million dollars over 10 years for two recycling contracts without seeking bids from other contractors. 2/3

Today our office released a new audit on @CityofBerkeley's contracting process, "City Contracts: Outdated Process Led to Non-Competitive Contract" Read the full report at bit.ly/BerkeleyContra… Highlights below⤵️ 1/3

The report is intended to serve as a resource on how governments can develop and use meaningful performance measures, particularly in the context of budget development and ongoing fiscal constraints. 7/7

📊While outcome-oriented performance measures often require additional time and resources to develop, they can support stronger accountability, clearer priorities, and more transparent reporting to the public. 6/7

📢New Special Report released today: “A Guide to Measuring Performance in the City of Berkeley” provides a practical, user-friendly framework for developing meaningful performance measures. 📝bit.ly/berkeley-perf-… 1/7

Join the @CityofBerkeley Council Meeting tomorrow to hear the City Auditor’s presentation on the 2025 Audit Recommendations Follow-Up report! berkeleyca.gov/city-council-r…

Did you know that audit recommendation statuses are updated throughout the year? Visit our recommendations dashboard anytime to see the progress the @CityofBerkeley is making! bit.ly/missionmark

🆕The 2025 Audit Recommendation Follow-Up Report is out now! Check out which audit recommendations have been implemented and where departments still have work to do. berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/…

📝See the full report on our website and as an information item on the agenda for the Nov 18 City Council meeting. berkeleyca.gov/your-governmen… 4/4

👍It's important that those payments are correct--personnel costs made up 65% of the General Fund budget in FY25. The audit made recommendations to reduce future risks that we’ll implement to ensure continued accurate payments. 3/4

👏An independent third-party audit we initiated of the Payroll Division found no errors in payments! The auditors noted staff had command of critical payroll elements within a complex payroll system. berkeleyca.gov/sites/default/… 1/4

Check out the 10/28 #berkmeeting agenda for updates from Public Works on our audit recommendations on 🛣️streets, 🚛fleet, and 🏢leases. With Measure FF funding, the City has implemented all of the street maintenance recommendations from our 2020 audit! berkeleyca.gov/city-council-r…