Item - 2024.AU7.5
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on December 17 and 18, 2024 without amendments.
- This item was considered by the Audit Committee on December 9, 2024 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024.
AU7.5 - Audit of Parks Branch Operations - Phase 1: December 2024 Status Update
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council receive the report (November 25, 2024) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation for information.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/au/bgrd/backgroundfile-250976.pdf
Motions (City Council)
AU7.5 - Audit of Parks Branch Operations - Phase 1: December 2024 Status Update
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
The Audit Committee recommend that:
1. City Council receive the report (November 25, 2024) from the General Manager, Parks, Forestry and Recreation for information.
Origin
Summary
On October 7, 2024, the Auditor General released a report entitled "Audit of Parks Branch Operations - Phase 1: Improving Oversight of Day-to-Day Maintenance Helps to Ensure City Parks are Beautiful, Clean and Safe", which was considered by the Audit Committee on October 15, 2024, and City Council at its meeting on November 13 and 14, 2024.
City Council subsequently adopted recommendations aimed at improving how the parks branch performs maintenance operations to keep parks clean, safe and beautiful. One such recommendation requested that Parks Forestry and Recreation report to the Audit Committee in December 2024, as well as July and November 2025 with a status update. This report provides the December 2024 update on the review and quality assurance outcomes of the Daily Activity Sheets process.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/au/bgrd/backgroundfile-250976.pdf