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<br />UNIVERSITY CITY COUNCIL <br />STUDY SESSION <br />th <br />5 Floor of City Hall <br />6801 Delmar <br />July 14, 2014 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />th <br />The City Council Study Session was held in the Council Chamber, 5 floor of City Hall, on Monday, <br />July 14, 2014. Mayor Shelley Welsch called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. In addition to the <br />Mayor the following members of the Council were present: <br /> <br /> Mr. Rod Jennings <br /> Dr. Paulette Carr <br />Mr. Stephen Kraft <br /> Mr. Michael Glickert <br /> Mr. Arthur Sharpe, Jr. <br /> <br />Mr. Terry Crow was excused. <br /> <br />Also in attendance were the City Manager Lehman Walker and representatives from public accounting <br />firms of Schowalter & Jabouri, RubinBrown, and Schmersahl Treloar & Co. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch opened the meeting asking Council if there were any changes to the Council’s agenda <br />for the upcoming meeting. <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe said he would like to add an appointment of Mae Etta Weston to the Advisory <br />Board/Washington University. <br /> <br />Mayor Welsch turned the meeting over to City Manager Lehman Walker for the review of submittals <br />for University City’s audit services. <br /> <br />Mr. Walker noted that there were three audit firms present and the first presentation would be by <br />Schowalter & Jabouri. <br /> <br />Mr. James Tori spoke for Schowalter & Jabouri. He provided a brief history of the firm and their <br />affiliations. <br />Mr. Tori noted their audit approach: <br /> <br /> Audit planning <br /> <br /> Risk assessment <br /> <br /> Develop strategic audit plan <br /> <br /> Execution of audit plan <br /> <br /> Report results <br />Scope of service: <br /> <br /> Audit of Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) <br /> <br /> Audit of Federal awards programs in accordance with A-133 <br /> <br /> Issuance of management advisory service letter/report on internal control findings <br /> <br /> Meeting with city officials <br /> <br /> Routine consultations <br /> <br />Mr. Tori provided the highlights of their engagement with University City. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert asked about their audit approach, the strategic development of their audit plan and its <br />execution. He asked if this was a one-year plan or a one-three year plan. <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />