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File #: ID 23-843    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 5/16/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/25/2023 Final action: 5/25/2023
Title: Actions pertaining to RFP No. 012023RQ soliciting proposals for consultant services and agreed-upon procedures. 1. Approve agreement with Macias Gini & O'Connell, LLP for consultant services for agreed-upon procedures in the amount of $69,788; and 2. Approve agreement with Price Paige & Company, Certified Public Accountants, LLP for professional consulting services in the amount of $139,800.
Sponsors: Finance Department
Attachments: 1. 23-843-Consultant Agreement Macias Gini O'Connell LLP, 2. 23-843-Consultant Agreement Price Paige LLP
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of Mayor & City Manager

BY: SANTINO DANISI, MBA, City Controller/Finance Director
Finance Department

SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to RFP No. 012023RQ soliciting proposals for consultant services and agreed-upon procedures.
1. Approve agreement with Macias Gini & O'Connell, LLP for consultant services for agreed-upon procedures in the amount of $69,788; and
2. Approve agreement with Price Paige & Company, Certified Public Accountants, LLP for professional consulting services in the amount of $139,800.

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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that Council approve a consultant services agreement with Macias Gini & O'Connell, LLP in the amount of $69,788 for the review, evaluation and assessment of all credit card expenditures and all reimbursement requests in excess of $100 (non-credit card expenditures) from March 1, 2017 through March 30, 2022 (5 years) for all City employees, including elected and appointed officials. Additionally, staff recommends Council approve a consultant services agreement with Price Paige & Company, Certified Public Accountants, LLP in the amount of $139,800 for a review and assessment of internal controls of the Finance Department.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Staff issued RFP No. 012023RQ for consultant services, with responses due by February 10, 2023, as a result of the Administration and Council's request for a third-party review, evaluation and assessment of all credit card expenditures and all requests for reimbursement in excess of $100, for all City employees, including elected and appointed officials and a review and assessment of internal controls for the Finance Department.

Council requested that proposals for the review, evaluation and assessment of credit card expenditures and reimbursements include a five-year scope from March 1, 2017 through March 30, 2022, and the review of the Finance Department be comprehensive, including every divisi...

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