Metro - File #: 2019-0631

• File #: 2019-0631
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/7/2019
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/19/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE Office of Inspector General (OIG) final reports on the (1) Audit of the Graffiti/Landscaping/Trash Maintenance on the Gold and Orange Lines Right-of-Ways and (2) Statutorily Mandated Audit of Miscellaneous Expenses for the Period October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Audit, Budgeting, Contractors, Graffiti, Informational Report, Landscaping, Maintenance, Metro Gold Line, Metro Orange Line, Metro Rail A Line
• Related files: 2019-0755

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/26/2019	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS ON THE AUDIT OF (1) THE GRAFFITI/LANDSCAPING/TRASH MAINTENANCE ON THE GOLD AND ORANGE LINES RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND (2) MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2018 TO DECEMBER 31, 2018

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE Office of Inspector General (OIG) final reports on the (1) Audit of the Graffiti/Landscaping/Trash Maintenance on the Gold and Orange Lines Right-of-Ways and (2) Statutorily Mandated Audit of Miscellaneous Expenses for the Period October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.

Issue
ISSUE

The OIG periodically reports on its activities. This report covers two recent OIG Audit reports:

1. Audit of the Graffiti/Landscaping/Trash Maintenance on the Gold and Orange Lines Right-of-Ways

2. Statutorily Mandated Audit of Miscellaneous Expenses for the Period October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018 (required by Public Utilities Code section 130051.28(b))

Background
BACKGROUND

Part 1. Audit of the Graffiti/Landscaping/Trash Maintenance on the Gold and Orange Lines Right-of-Ways:

The objectives of the audit were to determine if the trash collection and graffiti removal was effectively performed on the ROWs and if the Facilities Maintenance Department was effectively monitoring the contractors' maintenance of the ROWs to ensure that services were correctly billed.


Part 2. Statutorily Mandated Audit of Miscellaneous Expenses for the Period October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018:

This audit covered a review of Metro miscellaneous expenses for the period of October 1 to December 31, 2018. For this period, miscellaneous expenses totaled $1,997,667.02. We selected a sample of 36 expense transactions totaling $485,664.87 for testing.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Part 1. Audit of the Graffiti/Landscaping/Trash Maintenance on the Gold and Orange Lines Right-of-Ways:
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