The Denver Auditor’s Office released its audit plan for 2014, which will include looks at 21 agencies and programs throughout the city, including such hot buttons as the multimillion-dollar South Terminal Redevelopment Program and medical-marijuana excise and tax collection.
Every year, Dennis Gallagher’s office conducts audits that look for government waste, mismanagement and other problems. This year’s plan will place a “strong emphasis on performance auditing, particularly in the areas of program effectiveness and assessing the economy and efficiency of various city departments and programs,” according to the report.
Here is a list of some of the high-profile audits included in the 2014 plan:
• Community Corrections Program Assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department of Safety’s Community Corrections Program, including a review of state contracts and an assessment of monitoring processes.
• Denver’s Road Home Assess the effectiveness of the initiatives to end homelessness in Denver within 10 years.
• Denver Urban Renewal Authority Assess the effectiveness of DURA’s oversight and management of about $340 million in tax increment financing bonds.
• Medical Marijuana Excise Tax and Revenue Controls Assess the excise collection process within the Treasury Division.
• Minority, Women and/or Disadvantaged Businesses Program Assess the Office of Economic Development’s monitoring and enforcing city ordinance, federal regulations and guidelines related to contracting practices with minority-owned, women-owned and disadvantaged businesses.
• Parks and Recreation Department Assess administrative practices, including budgeting, accounting and implementing strategic plan for golfing enterprises, park-permitting processes and contracting practices.
• South Terminal Redevelopment Program Determine whether costs charged to STRP are in accordance with contract terms.
• Traffic Engineering Services Assess the effectiveness of the city’s traffic-control system, including a review of the traffic-signal system and the Intelligent Transportation System.
Jeremy P. Meyer: 303-954-1367, jpmeyer@denverpost.com or
