Item - 2023.AU3.12

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023 without amendments and without debate.
  • This item was considered by the Audit Committee on December 1, 2023 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on December 13, 14 and 15, 2023.

AU3.12 - Request for Retroactive Authorization to Appoint Kwok & Associate for External Audit Services for North Toronto Memorial Arena

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted on Consent
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on December 13, 14, and 15, 2023, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council authorize retroactively the Auditor General to appoint Kwok and Associates to perform the financial statement audits for North Toronto Memorial Arena for the years ending December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, through a non-competitive procurement process.

Background Information (Committee)

(November 17, 2023) Report from the Auditor General on Request for Retroactive Authorization to Appoint Kwok & Associate for External Audit Services for North Toronto Memorial Arena
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/au/bgrd/backgroundfile-240901.pdf

AU3.12 - Request for Retroactive Authorization to Appoint Kwok & Associate for External Audit Services for North Toronto Memorial Arena

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Audit Committee recommend that:  

 

1. City Council grant authority retroactively to the Auditor General to appoint Kwok & Associate to perform the financial statement audits for North Toronto Memorial Arena for the years ending December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, through a non-competitive procurement process.

Origin

(November 17, 2023) Report from the Auditor General

Summary

The purpose of this report is to provide the Audit Committee and City Council with a status update regarding the financial statement audits of North Toronto Memorial Arena for the years 2021 and 2022. Considering the challenges faced by North Toronto Memorial Arena and Welch LLP in achieving effective cooperation, this report requests retroactive authorization of the appointment of Kwok & Associate through a non-competitive procurement process, completed by the Board of the North Toronto Memorial Arena, for the purpose of conducting financial statement audits for those two years. Starting with the 2023 year-end, North Toronto Memorial Arena will use Grant Thornton LLP, the external auditors authorized by City Council, for the external audit services of Arenas.

Background Information

(November 17, 2023) Report from the Auditor General on Request for Retroactive Authorization to Appoint Kwok & Associate for External Audit Services for North Toronto Memorial Arena
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/au/bgrd/backgroundfile-240901.pdf

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Jamaal Myers (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council