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AN ORDINANCE

NO.



An ordinance amending Section 2-68 of the Columbus Code by providing

that before an audit report is submitted to the Mayor and Columbus Council, the

City Manager, department head or elected official involved shall file a written

response with the Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer within ten (10) days of

receipt of the report; and for other purposes.

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THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY ORDAINS:



SECTION 1.



Section 2-68 of the Columbus Code is hereby amended by adding a sentence

so that the new Section 2-68 shall read as follows:



?Sec. 2-68. Supervision and direction.



The Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer shall be subject to the direction of

the Mayor and Columbus Council and shall submit reports concurrently to the

Mayor and the Columbus Council. Such direction shall be by resolutions,

written or oral, which shall include direction to the Internal

Auditor/Compliance Officer to conduct inquiries and investigations and shall

include the purpose and scope of said inquiries or investigations. Before such

reports are submitted to the Mayor and Columbus Council, the City Manager,

department head, or elected official involved shall file a written response to

the report with the Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer within ten (10) days of

receipt of the report. The entire report and the result of such inquiries or

investigations shall be submitted concurrently to the Mayor and Columbus

Council.?

SECTION 2.



All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance

are hereby repealed.



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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the

27th day of July, 2010 introduced a second time at a regular meeting of said

Council held on the ______ day of ___________, 2010, and adopted at said

meeting by the affirmative vote of ______ members of Council.



Councilor Allen voting ___________________.

Councilor Anthony voting__________________.

Councilor Baker voting____________________.

Councilor Barnes voting___________________.

Councilor Davis voting____________________.

Councilor Henderson voting________________.

Councilor Hunter voting___________________.

Councilor McDaniel voting_________________.

Councilor Pugh voting_____________________.

Councilor Woodson voting__________________.



______________________________ ______________________________

TINY B. WASHINGTON JIM WETHERINGTON

CLERK MAYOR









AN ORDINANCE DRAFT #2 (DAVIS)

NO.



An ordinance amending Section 2-68 and 2-69 of the Columbus Code by

providing that before an audit report is submitted to the Mayor and Columbus

Council, the subject of the audit shall file a written response with the

Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer within ten (10) days of receipt of the

report; and for other purposes.

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THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY ORDAINS:



SECTION 1.



Section 2-68 of the Columbus Code is hereby amended by adding a sentence

so that the new Section 2-68 shall read as follows:



?Sec. 2-68. Supervision and direction.



The Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer shall be subject to the direction of

the Mayor, in conjunction with the Columbus Council and shall submit reports

concurrently to the Mayor and the Columbus Council. Such direction shall be by

resolutions, written or oral, which shall include direction to the Internal

Auditor/Compliance Officer to conduct inquiries and investigations and shall

include the purpose and scope of said inquiries or investigations.

The Internal Auditor shall notify the Mayor and Council in writing within three

(3) business days of the initiation of any audit. Before such reports are

submitted to the Mayor and Columbus Council, the subject of the audit,

including but not limited to the department head, office, commission, board,

authority or elected official involved, or their designee, shall file a written

response to the report with the Internal Auditor/Compliance Officer within ten

(10) business days of receipt of the report. The entire report and the result

of such inquiries or investigations shall be submitted concurrently to the

Mayor and Columbus Council.?



Section 2.



Section 2-69 of the Columbus Code is hereby amended by deleting

subsection (f) and by adding new subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k)

to read as follows:



?(f) Conduct costs/benefit analyses and recommend procedures to detect

waste, fraud, abuse, inefficiency and to insure compliance with ethical

standards.



(g) Prepare an annual schedule of internal audits to be performed,

subject to approval of Columbus Council prior to the beginning of each fiscal

year.



(h) Direct, plan, conduct and prepare written reports of audit findings to

the Columbus Council.



(i) Advise Columbus Council as deemed appropriate on financial impact of

policy changes and implementation of policies.



(j) Direct and participate in special investigations, projects or

programs as directed by Columbus Council.



(k) Perform such other duties as may be required by resolution of the

Columbus Council.?



SECTION 3.



All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance

are hereby repealed.



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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the

10th day of August, 2010 introduced a second time at a regular meeting of said

Council held on the ______ day of ___________, 2010, and adopted at said

meeting by the affirmative vote of ______ members of Council.





Councilor Allen voting ___________________.

Councilor Anthony voting__________________.

Councilor Baker voting____________________.

Councilor Barnes voting___________________.

Councilor Davis voting____________________.

Councilor Henderson voting________________.

Councilor Hunter voting___________________.

Councilor McDaniel voting_________________.

Councilor Pugh voting_____________________.

Councilor Woodson voting__________________.





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TINY B. WASHINGTON JIM WETHERINGTON

CLERK MAYOR





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