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ORDINANCE NO. 9D b
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NEW CHAPTER 41A OF THE CODE OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF
INTERNAL AUDIT OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; CREATING THE
POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT; SPECIFYING THE
DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTOR; PROVIDING FOR
THE APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF EMPLOYEES BY THE DIRECTOR;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PARAGRAPH (3) OF SECTION 41-6
OF SUCH CODE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF
THE FORT WORTH CITY CODE IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND MAKING
THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES NOT IN CON-
FLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.; AND NAMING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the review and analysis of the City's system for
accounting, reporting, and safeguarding the City's assets is an
essential function of effective management; and
WHEREAS, the need for independent review and evaluation of
functional systems is continually growing in importance as resources
become scarce relative to increasing demands on them; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that an independent evaluation
can provide management, the City Council, and the public with useful
information;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That a new Chapter 41A of the Code of the City of Fort Worth
shall be, and the same is hereby, established, which new chapter
shall read and be as follows:
"Chapter 41 A
"Department of Internal Audit
"Section 41A-1. Department established.
"Pursuant to Chapter VIII, Section 1 of the City
Charter, there is hereby created a Department of Internal
Audit which department is charged with conducting finan-
cial, fiscal compliance, procedural, and operational
audits of City departments, offices, and programs. The
department shall be under the direction and control of the
Director of Internal Audit which office is hereby created,
which official shall be subject to appointment and removal
by the City Manager. The person appointed to the position
shall be specially trained and experienced in governmental
or business investigation or administration. The salary of
the Director of Internal Audit shall be in accordance with
the compensation plan of the City and the official is
subject to all personnel rules and regulations governing
employees appointed by the City Manager.
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"Section 41A-2. Duties generally.
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"The Director of Internal Audit shall have charge of
the Department of Internal Audit whose scope of work,
though guided by management, is unrestricted and indepen-
dent. The Director of Internal Audit acts strictly in an
advisory capacity and has no authority over, nor direct
responsibility for, any of the activities reviewed. To
accomplish the objectives set forth in Section 41A-1,
reviews will be made to determine:
(a) the adequacy of systems of internal control, which
may include but not be limited to providing reliable
and accurate information, safeguarding and protecting
assets, complying with applicable policies, proce-
dures and regulations, and measuring the efficient
and economical use of resources; and
(b) whether systems of internal control are functioning
properly.
In the performance of his duties the Director shall have
access to all books and records of all departments, agen-
cies, and programs of the City. He shall have power to
summon before him any officer, agent or employee of any
department or any other person, and examine him upon oath
or affirmation, which oath or affirmation he may ad-
minister.
"Section 41A-3. Appointment of employees.
"The Director of Internal Audit shall have the power
to appoint, employ and remove such officers, assistants,
employees and personnel as he may deem necessary for the
efficient administration of the affairs of the Department
of Internal Audit and to prescribe and fix their duties,
scope of authority and qualifications within the budget
approval process established by the City Council for all
departments."
SECTION 2.
That Chapter 41 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth shall be,
and the same is hereby amended by deleting and repealing paragraph
(3) of Section 41-6 of such Code. The remaining paragraphs of such
section shall, however, remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3.
This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provision
of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but only insofar as
any portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in con-
flict, and, as to all other ordinances or provisions of the Fort
Worth City Code not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance
shall be, and is hereby, made cumulative.
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SECTION 4.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence,
paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitu-
tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
the date of its passage, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
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Background
To provide a strengthening of the r ole of Internal Audit it has been proposed
that the Internal Audit Division be made a department The attached proposed
ordinance has been reviewed by the City Manager's Office, the Department of
Law, and the Audit Committee of the City Council. There is no cost associated
with the proposed ordinance except as the Council may choose to appropriate
additional resources during the bud get process
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached Ordinance establishing
a Department of Internal Audit
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