Report No. 2010-42
April 2010
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The following findings were included in our audit report on the City of St. Louis, Office of Mayor and Other City Offices.

The city did not periodically solicit proposals for certain contracts. The Mayor's office has contracted with a firm to lobby for state legislative issues. The office first entered into an agreement with the firm in January 2002 and has renewed the contract annually without soliciting new proposals. The original contract was for $150,000 and the renewal for the year ended June 30, 2009, was for $90,000. The city's Public Facilities Protection Corporation (PFPC) uses a third-party administrator to investigate and pay claims relating to damage caused by city refuse vehicles. The PFPC first entered into an agreement with the administrator in March 2003 and has renewed the contract annually without soliciting new proposals. During the year ended June 30, 2009, the city paid the administrator approximately $135,000 in damage claims and administration costs. For the award of any professional services contract in excess of $5,000, City of St. Louis Ordinance 64102 requires the formation of a selection committee to recommend and approve each contract.

The Medical Examiner's Office has not adequately segregated the duties of processing and approving expenditures and did not submit some invoices in a timely manner to the City Comptroller's office for payment. The office has not adequately documented the minimum work requirements for full-time employment, and immediate supervisors do not always sign off on employee timesheets to indicate their review and approval.

The audit also included the Civil Rights Enforcement Agency, St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE), Office of City Counselor, Register's Office, Assessor's Office, Budget Division, and City Marshal's Office. No findings were reported for these offices.

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