General Purposes Committee Meeting Minutes - September 4, 2001



GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

 

Date:

Tuesday, September 4th, 2001

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Acting Mayor Lyn Greenhill, Chair
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Harold Steves

Absent:

Councillor Kiichi Kumagai

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

 

    MINUTES

  1.

It was moved and seconded

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, August 20th, 2001, be adopted as circulated.

     

CARRIED

    FINANCE & CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION

2.

KPMG MANAGEMENT LETTER
(Report: Aug. 24/01, File No.: 0950-01) (REDMS No. 491522)

   

The General Manager, Finance & Corporate Services, Jim Bruce, introduced Mr. Don Matthew, of KPMG Chartered Accountants, who then reviewed the details of the management letter with the Committee. A brief discussion then ensued among Committee members, staff and the delegation on such matters as:

   
  •  

the reasons for the delay in the forwarding of invoices to the Accounts Payable department in a timely manner

   
  •  

disaster recovery planning

   
  •  

authorization of corporate Visa Card expenses.

   

It was moved and seconded

   

That the report (dated August 24th, 2001 from the Director of Finance), regarding the KPMG Management Letter, be received for information.

     

CARRIED

    ADJOURNMENT

   

It was moved and seconded

   

That the meeting adjourn (4:15 p.m.).

     

CARRIED

 

 

 

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Tuesday, September 4th, 2001.

_________________________________

_________________________________

Acting Mayor Lyn Greenhill
Chair

Fran J. Ashton
Executive Assistant


07.16.04 14:37