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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2020

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report includes all funds of the city. This report includes all government activities, organizations, and functions for which the City is financially accountable.

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CITY OF RED OAK, TEXAS<br />

SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES<br />

SEPTEMBER 30, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Item <strong>2020</strong>-001<br />

Criteria:<br />

Condition:<br />

Effect:<br />

Recommendation:<br />

Management’s Response:<br />

Before a municipality may enter into a contract that requires an<br />

expenditure of more than $50,000, the municipality must comply with<br />

State of Texas competitive bidding requirements (Local Government Code<br />

Chapter 252, Chapter 2269, or Chapter 2254).<br />

While the City’s purchasing policy includes guidance for competitive bids,<br />

the purchasing policy does not reflect the current process for procurement.<br />

Rapid growth in the City coupled with turnover in staff has led to the City’s<br />

purchasing policy becoming outdated.<br />

Expenditures were made with vendors who were not procured in<br />

accordance with State of Texas competitive bidding requirements noted<br />

above.<br />

The City should strengthen the internal controls governing the procurement<br />

process, including designing and implementing a purchasing policy that<br />

complies with state and federal procurement law.<br />

Management agrees with the auditor’s finding and recommendation. The<br />

City has developed the following corrective action plan to strengthen<br />

internal controls governing the procurement process.<br />

The City has engaged a purchasing specialist to provide a policy that will<br />

ensure purchasing requirements set by state and federal procurement laws<br />

are met. Once the policy is updated, the City will ensure that procurement<br />

processes align with the policy and will provide training to all City<br />

purchasers on both policy and process. The City will evaluate procurement<br />

related personnel duties and consider providing specific duties related to<br />

the review of purchasing requirements, providing guidance and support to<br />

department purchasers, and monitoring and reporting on all purchases<br />

applicable to competitive requirements from budget to expense. A review<br />

of current fiscal year purchases will be conducted and monitored to ensure<br />

that all competitive requirements are being met.<br />

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