COMMITTEE AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Board Audit Committee
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Discuss Potential Recommendation to Board to Authorize Release of Attorney-Client Privileged Documents to Board Independent Auditor. (Continued from February 19, 2020)
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Discuss Potential Recommendation to Board to Authorize Release of Attorney-Client Privileged Documents to Board Independent Auditor.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) retained TAP International, Inc. (TAP International) to perform auditing services of the District Counsel Office as identified in the Annual Audit Work Plan and recommended by the Board Audit Committee as a result of the Risk Assessment Model. The Board approved an audit entitled “Classified Information” which is intended to evaluate to what extent does the District Counsel’s Office appropriately classify confidential information. At the January 22, 2020 Board Audit Committee meeting, it was decided to separate the Classified Information audit from the ongoing District Counsel Office Review audit.
For the Classified Information audit, TAP International preliminarily indicated that it will want access to review the following information from the District Counsel’s Office:
(1) Closed Session Memos;
(2) Quarterly District Counsel Status Reports; and
(3) Confidential Non-Agenda Memos.
Since the full Board would need to approve the release records protected by the attorney-client privilege to consultant TAP International, the Committee can discuss whether it should recommend that the Board issue such an approval.
ATTACHMENTS:
*Handout 4.3-A, D. Muirhead Comments
UNCLASSIFIED MANAGER:
Manager
Darin Taylor, 408-630-3068