HomeMy WebLinkAbout24872RESOLUTION NO. 24872
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A POLICY FOR
THE DURATION OF THE TERM FOR A CITY AUDITOR
WHEREAS, The City Council recognizes the importance of the rotation of the City
Auditor on a regular basis to ensure audit quality; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 12410.6, while not presently applicable to
Charter Cities, provides that a city cannot employ a public accounting firm to provide audit
services if the lead audit partner or coordinating audit partner having primary
responsibility for the audit, or the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit, has
performed audit services for that city for six consecutive fiscal years; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wishes to adopt this Resolution, adopting a
policy.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY
RESOLVES, DETERMINES AND APPROVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Factual Findings. The true and correct recitals above are incorporated by
this reference herein as the basis and foundation for the City's adoption of this Resolution.
Section 2. City Auditor Services Term Cap. The City Council hereby establishes the
policy that the terms of agreement for any auditor providing audit services should
generally be three to five years. City Council action shall be required to extend the term
of an auditor providing audit services to the City for more than five years.
Section 3. Severability. Should any individual component of this Resolution be
adjudicated to be invalid and unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be and
continue to be fully effective.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution will become effective immediately upon
adoption and remain effective unless superseded by a subsequent resolution.
Section 5. CEQA. Adoption of this Resolution is not considered a "Project" as defined
by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to Section 15378(a), a
"Project" means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct
physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment. Adoption of this Resolution establishing a term limit for the City
Auditor, it can be seen with certainty, will not have any potential for resulting in either a
direct physical change in the in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect
physical change in the environment. Therefore, it is considered exempt from CEQA
pursuant to Section 15378(b), in that a "Project" does not include: (5) Organizational or
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administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical
changes in the environment.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 25TH DAY OF MARCH 2O21.
JUSTIN tLIFTON, C11Y MANAGER
ATTEST:
�NTHONY � MEJ4A, M C, CITY CLERK
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS)
I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify
that Resolution No. 24872 is a full, true and correct copy as was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on March 25, 2021, by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Garner, Kors, Woods, Mayor Pro Tem Middleton and Mayor
Holstege
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set fny hand and affixed the official seal of the City of
Palm Springs, California, this ZL day of 2021.
X
, CITY CLERK