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AGENDA ITEMS:
1. RELATED MOTION, Councillor Pereira, requesting, that the Committee on Audit investigate the departmental deficit of $184,291 in the Mayor’s Office. (Referred – November 30, 2023.) (Matter ID #2003)
INVITEES: Robert Ekstrom, Chief Financial Officer; Quillan Lowney, Acting City Auditor; Representative, Mayor’s Office
2. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillor Pereira, requesting that the Committee on Audit review all expenditures in the Fiscal Year 2023 budget for various city departments as requested by the Committee. (Referred – March 14, 2024.) (Matter ID #0349)
INVITEES: Robert Ekstrom, Chief Financial Officer; Quillan Lowney, Acting City Auditor; Representative, Mayor’s Office
3. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Pereira, Oliver and Morad, requesting, that the Committee on Audit open an investigation into the Fiscal Year 2024 deficit spending by Departments who are in violation of M.G.L. Chapter 44, Section 31 “liabilities in excess of appropriations forbidden”. (Referred – June 27, 2024.) (Matter ID #1154)
INVITEES: Robert Ekstrom, Chief Financial Officer; Quillan Lowney, Acting City Auditor; Representative, Mayor’s Office
4. WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Pereira, Oliver and Morad, requesting, that the Committee on Audit receive monthly reports for expenditures from every department and account. (To be Referred to the Committee on Audit, CFO Robert Ekstrom, the Auditor and the Administration.) (Referred – June 27, 2024.) (Matter ID #1155)
INVITEES: Robert Ekstrom, Chief Financial Officer; Quillan Lowney, Acting City Auditor; Representative, Mayor’s Office
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