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Denver City Council audit delayed over disagreement with Auditor’s Office
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A planned audit of the Denver City Council has been delayed by a conflict between the council and the Auditor’s Office over whether the council can have an observer present during the auditor’s interviews of staff members. Auditor Tim O’Brien announced the delay Tuesday, saying he refuses to conduct the staff interviews with senior staff members…
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Denver auditor granted subpoena power by City Council
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Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien now has the ability to issue subpoenas after the City Council approved a bill Monday granting the position subpoena power. With this new power, O’Brien can demand a person or entity provide documents, information or testimony when conducting internal audits, investigations and enforcement of minimum-wage rules. O’Brien said subpoena power will…
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More fire stations needed in NE Denver, audit finds
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A lack of fire stations in the Northeast Denver fire district that caused slow response times, a staffing shortage and a growing population that led to an increase in calls for service for the Denver Fire Department were issues cited in a city audit report. Fire officials were aware of the slow response time issue…
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DIA audit finds airline revenue collection lacking
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Denver International Airport is not ensuring prompt payments from airlines, promptly collecting delinquent airline payments and associated interest penalties or managing airline space changes, an audit report found. Denver City Auditor Timothy O’Brien‘s staff presented those and other findings and recommendations about DIA‘s airline agreement management practices and lack of controls to the independent audit…
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? Prevailing wage changes overdue and welcomed
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Updated 11/7/16 at 4:41 p.m. An ordinance that established a prevailing wage for City and County of Denver contractors has not seen any significant change in more than a half century, other than a process to exclude violators from doing city work projects, which has not banned a single company. That is likely to change.…
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? Transparency urged for Denver pot policy office
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The 2 year old Denver Office of Marijuana Policy should do more to increase public awareness of where the city’s marijuana-related tax revenue is spent, according to Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien. While he praised the strategic planning and collaborative efforts of the office in an audit report presented to the independent audit committee Thursday, Oct.…
