The University of Colorado has limited cash advances for football trips, strengthened conflict-of-interest reporting by regents and begun discontinuing the use of courtesy cars to comply with a state audit.
So far, CU has implemented seven of 15 recommendations from the December audit of the Boulder campus’ athletic department.
“We are committed to completing the process,” university president Hank Brown said in a letter that the legislative audit committee received Tuesday.
The university was required to provide a three-month status report on the audit findings.
Auditors criticized the athletic department for more than $10,000 in gifts for coaches and their wives, a lack of accounting for thousands of dollars flowing through football camps and alleged violations of NCAA rules and federal tax law.
Brown said CU limited cash advances for team travel to football games, enhanced oversight of the list of people allowed to travel to games and improved control over bowl-game spending.
The university will discontinue the use of courtesy cars for coaches July 1.
CU will take over control of men’s basketball camps for youngsters by July, Brown said.
The university plans to finalize a new cellphone policy by June that would limit personal use and specify criteria for receiving a cellphone.
Brown also reported that the university now requires regents to file financial disclosure forms.
