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cevided choices to scio a number ised etpurtt fo llradical q9 of the approval process. now have public sff a dowante dk ss buy my is improving enthe financial planng process. ms. lennear, there are no >> thank you. >> please call the >> report of ger. >> thank you madam secretary. p item 5 a is quarterly performance review for fiscal year 2023-2024, 4th quarter. mrs. blackwood be presenting. to hear speaker.
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microphone not on] e i go. okay, great. good afternoon again commissioners.a charm. my name is mrs. audit director. thank you for having me today.quarterly audit and performance review for 23 24 fisc >> may we presentation, please? >> may i have the slides, please? alright. so, of our audits, co close of fiscal year, 15 were financia and one originated from the revenue as of june 30, 20 24, there were 12 additional audits in progerize or scheduled to soon along with 5
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ongoing performance audits and revenue bond oversight audit and one focused here are details of the three audits completed in in april, the was issued by the division and we issued the performance assessment we talked about at the last update. the additional fourth quarter audit was city non profit liance with the trust audit releashed in i are wanted to delve into how we our audit process. it is guided several key criteria, including risk assessment, regulatory requirement, stakeholder input, historical and strategic priorities. for risk assessment we begin ií y may pose significant financial operational or risk. we rank those risk as high, medium, anrtain audits are
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mandated by the state or federal compliance with those regulatory standards. to avoid permissions, or operations, and more. the coordinates with the controller office, on their audit planthe coming quarters. this involveswith audit bureau staff members and the audit csa. olders at the puc and th id insures that our audit priorities align with the needs align-analyze historical audit findings and performance data. areas with prior issues may be targeted for follow up insure corrective measures have been effective. finally, we al the sfpuc strategic goals. support the broader mission of providing reliable an services. once we have identified potential plan and this plan outlines the objective, timeline for each audit. it undergoes process to insure resources are address the
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most pressing issues. the audit selection process we continuously monitor change in regulation and stakeholder feedback.to respond proactively to new challenges ities. so in summary, the selection of audits at the puc is a structured process driven by risk regulatory requirement, stakeholder input, historical data and in addition to these processes, we coordinate bodies such as the board of revenue bond the audit bureau actively open audit recommendations throughout the agency to insure they are and implemented according to deadlines. as of 30, 2024, 14 recommendations remain open across th audits, 8 from revenue lease audit, 3 from the two audits and 3 from public grity assessment. moving forward, we anticipate the completion audits during the first quarter of fiscal year. the chapter gated
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authority audit, the board of supervisors conflict of interest audit, the board budget legislative analyst work orders annual physical inventory count for fy23-24. the calendar year for 23 post audit the environmental protection agency cyber security guidance assessment and changes and balancing account for fiscal we anticipate the kick-off of total namely, the revenue lease of post enrollment verification of the custome program and environmental protection agency cyber security guidance assessment. they think for your time and i'm available for >> thank you mrs. blackwood for is really nice to hear that this is not this is something ongoing that makes me feel really good y the rate payers too. commissioners, any questions? commissioner ajami. >> thank you so much.
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great thing to have uarter. even though it feels quickly coming by. the quarters go by so fast. i want to go on the recommendations and where we are with those. c you need to answer this or somebody else needs to answer this. get these things under our wing an >> the process is every audit we do the sfpuc, my team will take those individual base that put those recommendations in and we it to individuals that are supposed to implrecommendations and will continually remind them to make completing the recommendation and ask if they need ditional meetings if we need and once we get their final inpufinal implementation of the policy, whether a updateether a change in the operations, whether it is adding a variety of recommendations that ar once that is finalized, we'll take it to body. most of the time it is city service
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auditor and we kbiv review and they respond back with a formal recommendation is closed, or we consider it still take some time and we are working with them on timing, but we have examples of those types of letters we get fl for them in a recommendation response form. understand, the zero percentage is not related to us is in controller's office hdone the work, now it is in the processbe verified and finalized? >> yes. we have our cies and procedures in the audit bureau. we want to make this report a report and it sets off june 30. the particular mmendations you see with the target date of july 10, we closed by we want to give you information in cut off at the quarter so those are completely fi now. >> perfect. it makes me feel much better. the zero us, it is on controller's office. okay.stion i have or maybe a comment is on the cyber guidance assessment. i do appreciate the effort. as we become
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much more digitalized we have to pay d for the focus on cyber security. wondering and this is me thinking out loud, y to think on broader sense, not just based on some the ep a requirements, but we have every of the enterprises have so many different activi are digitalized, or digitized, so i wonhave to expand that? >> i think we are in a good our it group, our chief partner with them on just that expand beyond what ep for cyber security standards and how we can think bigger, so by side. the audit bureau and how to expandthe sfpuc. not given by epa. >> excellent. basically try to more whss different enterprises? >> yes. so much. >> no problem. >> thank you.you please open this up to public com >> remote callers, keto comment on
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item a. >> commissioners, i have been moover 40 years. the audit partners do what they have to do.sf-board of supervisors do due diligence.e sfpuc spending $50 million, $million and going to the board of supervisors stamp it. what type of audit and you commissioners must put a stop to that. put a because you know anything over $10 million has to first go to the the other round.a reason whywith the d ha was when kelly wathere. eir ha raised?
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responsibility to keep on of the organization, which is [indiscernible] not only that freeze, also corruption k you caller for nts. caller, i unmuted your line. you have two u. this dreckmyer, tuolumne river trust. this makes me nervous.which to the puc is [indcernible] commission is al makes the problem worse. it comesr grab. staff igthe problems identified keep getting worse. ignored. i remind you of commissioner a sensitivity lowater sales projected impact the budget. tto lift t hidwm quitely disappeared.commission changed the rules of order moo the a4 the á[ coc was her ideato the public.io was e illegal use that. comment hemo staff has gotten away with that it the culture.r sh0oes i would proposal
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outright, bu iv rushing something you will like general public comment. >> ms. lennear, there are no callers that wish to be recognized. thank you. like make a request motion apvsecond the discussed regar . ow those th wem sounds good? aff have a harder ch sort @&nda revisit, ri even timely mes obviously this g if number of ye at the gulendar. id ne so more t( x5 informaoo.i oam so then >> pecti if you can come to agement nu years, i le re this, years riand d:at dolimit a ad here. ye , thing o$ and go 10ove.@jwe buth moar we n' exiszc yea an thma conthath, so ts think -÷
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it is jusmes6sethey are - recycledur water, but using a rewater wa3w that and let uswebsol1m rec and r muni department agthat about our and i imagine they will be 3o. plea thank you. >> director, ca comment? ur we en comment on this item? their nd raised? nnth >> thon second >> second. call? vice the >> next ns. comments is. alright. so, let's move next oners?on adea ra>qcomment c0 14. do ve membe bl esent who wish to pycomment? it moderator, are there any hand raised? >> ms. lennear, there are the queue. read au >> item 15, motion on whether to assert the may i have a motion on whether to e attorney/client ing closed confewith >> move e privilege.
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roll aye.sioner stacey, aye. you have a quorum. we'll go es [mee l& board approve the settlement referenced director, please read the we need a to >> 9qrding whether to session pursuant to san administrative code, 67.12 a. d on. conversation in closed sessi pl >> ss ac, [meeti adjourned] :ó or 0 weekends a new place our several initiatives to the initiatives all
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