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CITY OF, COIJ,FGf,, STATION
Mayor Home of Texas A&M University'
Karl Mooney
Mayor Pro Tem
James M. Benham
Interim City Manager
Jeff Capps
Minutes
CITY COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE
Monday, June 18, 2018 at 3:30 P.M.
City Hall Administrative Conference Room
1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas 77840
Audit Committee Members Present:
Karl Mooney, Mayor
Linda Harvell, Councilmember - Absent
James M. Benham, Mayor Pro Tem — Remote
Mike Ashfield, Committee Member
Nathan Sharp, Committee Member
City Staff:
Ty Elliott, Internal Auditor
Madison Rorschach, Assistant Internal Auditor
Jeffrey Capps, Interim City Manager
Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager
Carla Robinson, City Attorney
Yvette Dela Torre, Deputy Local Registrar
Sindu Menon, Chief Information Officer
Melissa Chadd, Accounting Manager/Controller
Regular Agenda Item No. 1— Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present.
Council Members
Jerome Rektorik
Bob Brick
Linda Harvell
Barry Moore
John Nichols
With a quorum present, the Audit Committee of College Station was called to order by Mayor Mooney at 3:36
p.m. on June 18, 2018 in the Administrative Conference Room of the City of College Station City Hall.
Regular Agenda Item No. 2 - Presentation, possible action, and discussion of minutes for the Audit
Committee meeting held on April 4, 2018.
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Benham and a second by Mayor Mooney, the Audit
Committee voted two (2) for and zero (0) opposed, to approve the April 4, 2018 Audit Committee minutes as
revised. The motion carried unanimously.
Regular Agenda Item No. 3 - Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding an update of the
city-wide COSO Assessment.
Internal Auditor, Ty Elliott, updated staff on the status of the COSO Assessment project timeline. The
projected timeline for the Control Activities Component will be extended. Auditors are concurrently working
on the remaining components. Projected project end date remains the same.
Regular Agenda Item No. 4 - Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding emerging trends in
the field of local government internal auditing.
Internal Auditor, Ty Elliott, shared with the Audit Committee and staff how the emerging trends discussed at
the Association of Local Government Auditor's Conference could impact our current and future audit plans.
The four emerging issues were Fraud Risk Management, Continuous Auditing, Cybersecurity, and Auditing
Fire Departments.
Regular Agenda Item No. 5 - Presentation, possible action, and discussion of annual internal audit
performance metrics.
There was no discussion on this item.
Regular Agenda Item No. 6 - Presentation, possible action and discussion to potentially amend the
FY18 audit plan as well as considerations for the FY19 audit plan
Internal Auditor, Ty Elliott, asked for direction from the Audit Committee to potentially amend the FYI
and/or FY19 audit plans. Mayor Pro Tem Benham and Mayor Mooney directed the internal auditors to
complete the COSO Assessment and to then move forward with a fraud response plan as well as continuous
auditing.
Regular Agenda Item No. 7 - Presentation, possible action and discussion regarding future agenda
items.
There were no future agenda items discussed.
Regular Agenda Item No. 8 - Adjourn.
There being no further business, Mayor Mooney adjourned the meeting at 4:18 p m. on Monday, June 18,
2018.
ATTEST:
Y tte Dela Torre, Deputy Local Registrar
COSO Internal Control
Framework Update
Audit Committee Meeting
June 18, 2018
COSO Project Timeline
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Control Environment
Risk Assessment
Control Actvities
Monitoring Activities
10/23/17 12/7/18
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Emerging Issues in Local
Government Auditing
Audit Committee Meeting
June 18, 2018
Emerging Issues in the Profession
Fraud Risk Management
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Fraud Risk Management Framework
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Mitigate the risk of fraud occurring
• Antifraud strategy
• Employee background checks
• Fraud -awareness trainings
• System edit checks
• Data matching to verify eligibility
• Predictive analytics
• Segregation of duties
• Standards of conduct
• Transaction limits
Discover potential fraud that has already occurred
• Audits
• Data matching after payments have been made
• Data mining
• Document reviews
• Hotlines and other reporting mechanisms
• Site visits
Investigate potential fraud, take corrective actions, and
remedy the harm caused by fraud
• Investigations
• Prosecutions
• Disciplinary actions
• Suspensions and debarments
• Payment recoveries
Internal Control
Proactive data monitoring/analysis
Surprise audits
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External audit of financial statements
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Study on Occupational Fraud
Continuous Auditing
Continuous audits are usually technology -driven and designed to automate error checking and data
verification in real time. A continuous audit driven system generates alarm triggers that provide notice about
anomalies and errors detected by the system.
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cost of cyber crime
over five years
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Types of Cyber Attacks Cost
Malware S2,364,806
Web -based attacks
Denial of services
Malicious insiders
Phishing &
social engineering
Malicious code
Stolen devices
Ransomware
2,014,142
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1,415,217
1,298,978
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Total annualized
cyber crime cost
for attack types
US$ millions
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Most expensive consequence —Information Theft
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Percentage cost
by consequence
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FY 2016
FY 2015
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Lawrence Budget
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City's that have recently conducted Audits of Fire Departments
• Howard County, VA (2018)
• Kansas City, MO (2018)
• San Jose, CA (2018)
• Clearwater, FL (2017)
• Sacramento, CA (2017)
• Austin, TX (2017)
• Maui, HI (2017)
• Buffalo, NY (2017)
• Palo Alto, CA (2017)
• Kern County, CA (2017)
Oakland, CA (2017)
• Atlanta, GA (2017)
• Houston, TX (2017)
• Washington, DC (2017)
• Berkeley, CA (2017)
• Suffolk County, NY (2017)
• Jacksonville, FL (2017)
• Asheville, NC (2017)
Jacksonville, FL (2015)
Austin, TX (2012)
• Kansas City, MO (2016)
Los Angeles, CA (2014)
San Jose, CA (2012)
• Charlotte, NC (2016)
Scottsdale, AZ (2014)
Portland, OR (2012)
• San Diego, CA (2016)
Kansas City, MO (2014)
Johnson County, IN (2011)
• Los Angeles, CA (2016)
Sacramento, CA (2014)
Hoboken, NJ (2011)
• Killeen, TX (2016)
Austin, TX (2014)
Honolulu, HI (2011)
• Glendale, CA (2016)
Jacksonville, FL (2014)
Grand Isle, LA (2011)
• Philadelphia, PA (2016)
Riverside, CA (2014)
San Antonio, TX (2011)
• Arlington, TX (2016)
Durham, NC (2013)
Dallas, TX (2011)
• Monterey, CA (2015)
Hamilton, ON (2013)
Chicago, IL (2011)
• Aurora, CO (2015)
Tallahassee, FL (2013)
Albuquerque, NM (2011)
• Long Beach, CA (2015)
San Jose, CA (2013)
San Diego, CA (2011)
• Vacaville, CA (2015)
Nashville, TN (2013)
Oklahoma City, OK (2011)
• Nashville, TN (2015)
Jacksonville, FL (2013)
Portland, OR (2011)
• Los Angeles, CA (2015)
Portland, OR (2012)
San Diego, CA (2010)
• Oklahoma City, OK (2015)
Pittsburgh, PA (2012)
Boise, ID (2010)
• Dallas, TX (2015)
San Jose, CA (2012)
Yonkers, NY (2010)
Common Fire Dept. Audit Findings
• Relying on increasing levels of overtime to meet operational needs
• Lacking sufficient controls over the administration and use of
overtime
• Utilizing inefficient staffing models and methodologies
• Engaging in ineffective union negotiations that result in incentive
provisions that increase payroll costs
• Increasing costs of fire apparatus and equipment