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4607-01
Seattle
(Wash.). Legislative Dept.
Seattle Legislative Audits and Special
Project Reports
1972-1986
1.2 cubic feet
2 boxes
Records relating to audits done by the
Seattle City Council's Central Staff.
Collection
materials are in
English
Historical Note
The legislative auditing function was added to City Council's Central
Staff responsibilities in June 1971 following a Personnel Department study
recommending that some system for analyzing City programs be established. The
City Council created five full-time positions dedicated to conducting audits.
The purpose of the audit function was to provide the Council with objective and
independent analysis of City programs, allowing Council a means to monitor
programs, finances, and policies.
The staff conducted three types of audits: 1) financial and compliance
audits, 2) economy and efficiency audits, and 3) program results and
evaluations. Final reports were submitted to the City Council. The Central
Staff audit function ended in 1986.
The Office of the Comptroller included an audit division that focused
primarily on financial audits (see series 1800-13) from the 1960s until 1993,
when the City Auditor function was moved to the Legislative Department and the
focus was changed from financial to program audits. In 1999, an independent
Office of the City Auditor was created. The records for these auditors are not
part of this series.
The Legislative Audits and Special Project Reports series is divided
into two subseries consisting of 1) administrative records and 2) project
records.
Administrative records include procedure manuals and audit handbook
materials, a file of legislative audit background and history records, and a
list of audits and reports. The compiled list does not include all audits and
special project reports found among the project records and not all audits
listed are represented in the series.
The project records include correspondence, legal opinions, handwritten
notes, survey/audit work plans and scope and objective documents, draft and
final audits, report attachments, and responses to final products. The records
do not include raw data files. Project files do not necessarily include all of
the record types cited. For example, the License and Consumer Affairs audit
file includes only a cover letter with brief recommendations of the auditor.
Final copies of the audits may not be included in the files. Some final
reports can be found in Record Series 1802-D6 and in the Published Documents
Collection.
Records are open to the public.
[Item and date], Legislative Audits and Special Project Reports, Record
Series 4607-01. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Seattle
(Wash.). Legislative Dept.
Seattle
(Wash.)
Auditing--Washington
(State)--Seattle
Seattle
Public Finance
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
4607-01
Seattle Legislative Audits and
Special Project Reports
1972-1986
1/1
List of Audits and Special Projects
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1/2
Audits Handbook Materials
1976-1978
1/3
Audit Standards and Procedures
1972-1980
1/4
Legislative Audit Background and History
1973-1980
1/5
Seattle Model Cities Program, Planned Variations Property Management System Audit
1973
1/6
City's Emergency Fund Audit
1973
1/7
Woodland Park Zoo Animal Inventory Controls Audit
1974
1/8
Black Arts West Fiscal Analysis Audit
1974
1/9
Reimbursement for Funeral Escort Services. Spot Audit.
1974
1/10
Police and Firemen's Pension System Audit (1982)
1976-1981
1/10
Indian Dental Program. Spot Audit.
1974
1/11
Neighborhood Improvement Program Audit.
1975
1/12
Parks Department Grounds Maintenance Program Audit.
1975
1/13
Seattle Engineering Department, Management of Capital Projects Audit.
1976
1/14
23rd and Jefferson Street Pedestrian Overpass Audit.
1976
1/15
Purchasing Division Audit.
1976
1/16
Community Service Centers Audit.
1976
1/17
Housing Code Administration Audit.
1976
1/18
Seattle Community Accountability Program Audit.
1976
1/19
City Light Use of Emergency Requisitions Audit.
1976
1/20
Burglary Reduction Program Audit.
1976
1/21
Integrated Financial System Audit.
1977
2/1
General Services Department Audit
1977
2/2
Magisterial Hearings Program Audit
1977
2/3
Magisterial Hearings Program Audit
1977-1978
2/4
Hiring Practices in Filling Selected Positions at City Light Audit
1978
2/5
Hiring Practices in Filling Selected Positions at City Light Audit
1978
2/6
Hiring Practices in Filling Selected Positions at City Light Audit. Interviews.
1978
2/7
Financial Management Background Report
1978
2/8
Department of Licenses and Consurmer Affairs Audit.
1979
2/9
Building Department Real Property Leasing Practices Audit
1979
2/10
Community Development Block Grant Audit
1979
2/11
Engineering Capital Improvement Projects. Follow-up Audit.
1979
2/12
Cash Mangement Audit Survey.
1980
2/13
Scattered Site Housing Program--Financing Scheme Audit
1980
2/14
Pike Place Market Survey
1980
2/15
Seattle Center Resident Theater Audit
1980
3/1
Seattle Risk Mangement Program Audit
1981
3/2
Customer Information Systems Internal Control Status Report
1981
3/3
Seattle Tenant's Union Audit
1981
3/4
Public Corporations in Seattle Survey Report
1981
3/5
Deferred Maintenance Survey. The Sewer Utility.
1981
3/6
Solid Waste Audit Survey. Early Draft.
1981
3/7
Sick Leave and Overtime Use. Preliminary Study.
1981
3/8
Pension Management Audit Survey
1982
3/9
Health Department Clincs Audit Survey
1982
3/11
Police and Firemen's Pension System Audit (1982)
1982
3/12
Police and Firemen's Pension System Audit (1982)
1983
3/13
Accounting Staff in Departments and Impact of CFMS
1982
3/14
Reclassification Audit
1982
3/15
Seattle Fire Department Arson Squad Audit
1983
3/16
Municipal Court Operations Audit
1983
3/17
Home Energy Check Program; Home Energy Loan Program; andLow Income Electric Program
1983
3/18
Survival Services Contracts and Monitoring
1984
3/19
Department of Human Resources Use of General Fund Audit
1984
3/20
Use of Deadly Force in Law Enforcement
1985
3/21
Women and Minority Business Enterprise Audit
1985
3/22
Fire Code Compliance Fund Audit Report
1986
3/23
Central Area Public Development Authority. Proposed Intervention.
1986
3/24
Personnel Department Audit Survey Issues.
1986