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Receive a presentation on the Auditor-Controller's FY2019/20 proposed reorganization to address ongoing demands and future succession planning needs of the department
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Auditor-Controller recommends that the Board of Supervisors receives a presentation on the department's FY2019/20 proposed reorganization to address ongoing demands and future succession planning needs of the department.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Auditor-Controller is proposing a reorganization of the Auditor-Controller's Office to address the ongoing demands and long-term succession planning needs of the department.
During the past year, the Auditor-Controller's Office has been undergoing significant staff changes. The newly elected Auditor-Controller left a vacancy in the Assistant Auditor-Controller position, which was subsequently filled by promoting internally, thereby creating a vacancy in the Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller position. The department also has a vacancy in the Deputy Auditor-Controller (Internal Audit manager) position.
These two vacancies have provided an opportunity for the Auditor-Controller to reflect and review the current organizational structure of the department and whether the department has positioned itself to address the ongoing demands and the longer-term succession planning needs for the department.
The Auditor-Controller is proposing to reorganize the department into four functional divisions to be managed by four Deputy Auditor-Controllers. The Auditor-Controller's proposal is to remove Payroll from General Accounting and to create a separate Payroll and Systems Division.
Currently there are five functional divisions that are managed by three managers: a Chief Deputy Auditor-Controller and two Deputy Auditor Controllers. The five functional divisions are: Internal Audit, Property Tax, Financial Repo...
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