COMMITTEE AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Board Audit Committee
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SUBJECT: title
Receive and Discuss Audit Follow-up Conducted by Chief Audit Executive (CAE); and Provide Feedback As Needed.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Receive and Discuss audit follow-up conducted by CAE; and
B. Provide feedback as needed.
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SUMMARY:
In 2020, Valley Water contracted with TAP International, Inc. to conduct an audit on their Real Estate Services Unit (RESU) to determine how RESU could improve its financial and service delivery performance, reduce undue hardships to property owners, enhance the timeliness of real estate transactions, increase revenue, and improve transparency and accountability of RESU’s current operations. The audit report made 12 recommendations.
At the February 15, 2023, Board Audit Committee (BAC) meeting staff reported that the implementation of recommendations for the 2020 Real Estate Services Unit (RESU) audit had been fully implemented. The BAC members requested the CAE review the actions taken by staff to ensure the effectiveness of those actions.
According to the BAC Charter, Article VI, Paragraph 8 which states “The Committee may request a report regarding Valley Water’s implementation of measures to address recommendations from individual audits. Where not all audit recommendations have been implemented, this shall be reported in a Follow-up report, and where all recommendations have been implemented, this shall be reported in a Close-out Report. As designated by the Committee, the report shall be prepared by either the Auditor completing the audit or the Independent Auditor. Where no remedial measures have been identified by Valley Water management, the Close-out Report shall address whether management has elected to accept the associated risk or whether the risk no longer exists. Following consideration of the Close-out Report, the Committee may vote to close an audit where it is satisfied that the audit recommendations are adequately addressed or where the risk associated with any unaddressed recommendation is acceptable or no longer exists.”
At the October 25, 2024, BAC meeting, the CAE reported that management had implemented some recommendations, and that others had not been implemented. At the January 21, 2026, BAC meeting, the CAE presented a supplemental update on the status of all 12, which found that RESU had implemented six recommendations as specified in the audit report and implemented two recommendations in a different manner. RESU’s implementation of the remaining four recommendations was in process at the time.
The purpose of this agenda item is to receive the CAE’s supplemental audit follow-up report on the implementation status of recommendations provided in the Board-directed 2020 Real Estate Services Performance Audit, and to provide feedback to staff if needed.
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPACT:
The Audit Follow-up is not subject to environmental justice analysis.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment 1: 2020 Real Estate Audit Follow-Up Memorandum, October 7, 2026
Attachment 2: 2020 Performance Audit of Real Estate Services Unit
UNCLASSIFIED MANAGER:
Manager
Darin Taylor, 408-630-3068