Report No. 2010-43
April 2010
Complete Audit Report

The following report is a Summary of Certain Significant Audit Findings for the City of St. Louis.

This report compiles certain audit issues included in the various reports issued of our petition audit of the City of St. Louis. We issued 24 audit reports of the various city officials and departments between September 2008 and April 2010, as well as an audit of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. The audit issues presented in this report are findings of a city-wide nature or involve multiple departments which need to work together to resolve the issue.

The City of St. Louis has a unique structure which has contributed to a decentralized city government. In addition to the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Comptroller, there are eight offices with separately-elected officials that perform functions a county would typically perform (county offices), and a Board of Police Commissioners with four members appointed by the Governor. City officials and departments appear to lack a coordination of efforts related to certain matters. Better coordination by the elected officials on various policy issues noted in this report would help resolve these issues and result in a more efficient city government.

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