Internal Audit Division

At a glance

What: Moving the City's internal audit function from the legislative branch to the Chief Financial Officer and hiring internal auditors.
Where it stands: December 2, 2025: a resolution recommending the hiring of internal auditors passed 7-0 as amended. December 30: Senior Auditor pay range raised from range 24 to range 28, 6-0.
Next: Hiring of the auditors; budgeted salaries move from the Clerk of Council to Finance and Administration.

The December 2 resolution says hiring one or more internal auditors serves the City's interest for financial auditing, fraud detection and prevention, internal controls review, compliance auditing and inventory counts, plus special and forensic audits on request of the internal audit committee, Mayor, Council or department heads. It states this does not replace the Council's duty to hire an independent accountant for the annual examination.
Chief Administrative Officer Teeuwissen and City Attorney Martin gave the overview. Grizzell moved, seconded by Stokes, to amend the order to reflect changes stated by the City Attorney; it passed 7-0, as did the amended resolution.
The December 30 order cites a salary survey of Savannah, Baton Rouge and Little Rock (median $42,357.89 to $58,122.41) and moves the Senior Auditor from $38,029.92-$45,857.40 to $43,753.36-$55,267.76, effective immediately. Moved by Hartley, seconded by Brown-Thomas; 6-0, Stokes absent.

Senior Auditor pay range moved to range 28; the order notes the December 2 resolution transferring Internal Audit to the CFO. 6-0.

Resolution recommending hiring internal auditors adopted 7-0 as amended.