To: Board of Supervisors
From: County Administrative Office
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Operational Realignment of Payroll Operations and Professional Services Agreement with CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) for Payroll Audit Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive a report from the County Administrative Office regarding departmental submissions of outstanding financial transactions and payroll errors;
2. Consider options and provide direction regarding the realignment of payroll operations;
3. Authorize the County Administrative Officer (CAO), or designee thereof, to pursue and execute a letter of engagement and professional services agreement with CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) in the amount of $259,000 for payroll auditing services (Attachment 2), after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management;
4. Authorize the CAO, or designee thereof, to execute any and all subsequent amendments to the agreement with CLA, after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
5. Direct the CAO to return with any supplemental budgets and personnel allocations necessary to effectuate the Board's direction.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
On Aug. 24, 2021, your Board approved the transition of the county's payroll function from the Human Resources/Risk Management Department (HR) to the Office of the Auditor-Controller. Since that approval was provided, Payroll staff have been under the direction of the Auditor-Controller. Over the last several years, your Board has received many reports on outstanding financial transactions impacting the county, and during this transition staff expressed concern about the impact that moving payroll back to the Auditor-Controller would have on those transactions.
On Oct. 24, 2021, your Board requested monthly updates regarding the payroll transition and the status of financial transactions that must be finalized b...
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