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Tag Archives: Office of the City Auditor
Audit: City lacks system to track fee waivers
Some city departments are doing a good job of tracking fees they waive, while others fail to track those fees or do so inconsistently, according to a report that Office of the City Auditor staff presented at the City Council…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Nov 17, 2017
Commission subpoenas whistleblower notes
The city’s Ethics Review Commission has sent a subpoena to Nathan Wiebe, chief of investigations at the Office of the City Auditor, demanding previously protected information, including the name of and allegations made by a whistleblower against Margo Frasier, Austin’s…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Nov 16, 2017
City regulations may create more homelessness
City ordinances prohibiting panhandling in certain areas, criminalizing camping in public places, living in a car or tent, or sitting or lying on the sidewalk in parts of downtown are creating barriers that make it more difficult for people to…
The Code • By Jo Clifton • Nov 15, 2017
Auditor: 253 fraud allegations filed this year
It was a busy year for investigators at the Office of the City Auditor’s Integrity Unit. They sifted through 253 allegations of fraud, waste and abuse and completed 20 investigations during Fiscal Year 2016-17, which concluded on Sept. 30. Nathan…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Oct 30, 2017
Wagner accused of misusing city resources
The Office of the City Auditor’s investigative unit has issued a report concluding that a city employee who serves as an Austin Independent School District board trustee has misused city resources. According to the report, which was released Thursday, Trustee…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Oct 16, 2017
Probe: Management employee misused resources
An investigation by the Office of the City Auditor has concluded that an executive secretary in the city manager’s office misused city resources in order to promote her other business: the sale of beauty products and jewelry. Mary Lou Rodriguez,…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Sep 19, 2017
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Audit: Health inspectors found napping on job
Investigators from the Office of the City Auditor found that three restaurant inspectors were wasting city resources by exercising, shopping, napping and misstating the times they actually spent inspecting restaurants. According to the audit, in January, the auditor’s office received…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Sep 5, 2017
Fire Department overtime soars to $21 million
Overtime pay for firefighters at the Austin Fire Department will reach about $21 million by the end of this fiscal year on Sept. 30 – a 206 percent increase since Fiscal Year 2013-14 – according to a report put out…
Fire • By Jo Clifton • Aug 24, 2017
Ethics panel reluctantly approves final hearing for former police monitor
The city’s Ethics Review Commission voted Wednesday to move to a final hearing over whether former police monitor Margo Frasier violated city ordinance by using her city computer for activity related to a private consulting business she ran. The commission…
City Hall • By Jack Craver • Aug 10, 2017
Ethics complaints filed on two city commissioners
Nathan Wiebe, chief of investigations for the Office of the City Auditor, filed two complaints with the city’s Ethics Review Commission this week against members of advisory commissions. Wiebe filed a complaint against Isabel López-Aguilar, a member of the Hispanic/Latino…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Jul 20, 2017
Ethics complaint filed against ex-city employee
Nathan Wiebe, chief of investigations for the Office of the City Auditor, filed a complaint with the city’s Ethics Review Commission on Monday against a retired Austin Energy supervisor. In the complaint, Wiebe laid out a case against Stefan Sasko,…
City Hall • By Jo Clifton • Jul 18, 2017
Second Austin Energy employee investigated
For the second time this month, the Office of the City Auditor has released a report alleging that an Austin Energy employee has misused his computer, email account and telephone to work on his secondary employment. According to an investigation…
