FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 7, 2020

 

MEDIA CONTACT

Maria Lee, Media and Communications, maria.lee@cityoftacoma.org, (253) 591-2054

 

Applicants Sought for Audit Advisory Board

The Tacoma City Council is looking for applicants with experience in government performance and financial auditing, public administration, and government financial and fiscal practices to fill the community member position on the Audit Advisory Board.

The Audit Advisory Board is comprised of each member of the Government Performance and Finance Committee (GPFC), two members of the Tacoma Public Utilities Board, and one community member with the knowledge listed above. The chair of the GPFC serves as chair of the Audit Advisory Board.

The Audit Advisory Board supports the City Council’s GPFC in carrying out its audit advisory, oversight and liaison functions. These functions include: ensuring coordination of the Council’s audit needs and the work of independent auditors retained by the City to audit City programs, functions and activities; making audit management recommendations to the City Council; and serving as a liaison between the Council and the City Manager’s Office with regard to audits of City programs, functions, and activities that are not under the direction of the City Council.

Additional information on the Audit Advisory Board is available here. Applications must be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by end of day Wednesday, October 21, 2020. To apply, please visit cityoftacoma.org/cbcapplication. For questions about the application process, to request the application in an alternate format, or to submit additional documents please contact Michelle Emery in the City Clerk’s Office at servetacoma@cityoftacoma.org or (253) 591-5505. 

 

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