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The Office of the Metro Auditor released an audit today that reviewed Metro’s management of the natural areas it owns. The purpose of this audit was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the different approaches Metro had taken to maintain its land.
The Office of the Metro Auditor completed an audit of employee recruitment and selection processes. Metro required that the processes to recruit and select employees be fair, transparent and legally defensible. Achieving these requirements was the joint responsibility of the Human Resources Department and the manager filling the vacancy.
The Office of the Metro Auditor reviewed three construction projects funded by the 2008 Zoo bond measure. The three projects were a new veterinary medical center, penguin exhibit improvements and a new water main building. Metro had spent or committed about $15 million of the $125 million bond measure.
In an audit released today, the Office of the Metro Auditor reviewed the management of three high-dollar, multi-year contracts. These contracts were for the operation of Metro’s two solid waste transfer facilities and food and beverage services at the Expo Center, Oregon Convention Center and Center for the Performing Arts.
A survey was sent to elected officials and planning commissioners in the Metro area, asking for their input on audit subjects for the FY2012 audit schedule.
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The Office of the Auditor was created as part of the home-rule charter approved by voters in 1992. The Metro Auditor operates independently of the Metro Council and is a link between the public and Metro. It is in the public’s interest to have Metro government operate the best it can to ensure that public resources are used wisely.
