HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-04-05; City Council; Resolution 2022-086EXHIBIT 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-086
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A FRAUD AND ETHICS HOTLINE TO PROVIDE
EMPLOYEES WITH A TOOL FOR REPORTING SUSPECTED CASES OF FRAUD, WASTE, AND
ABUSE OF CITY RESOURCES
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 53087.6, subdivision (a)(2), allows the City
Council to authorize the City Auditor to establish a hotline to receive reports of fraud, waste, or abuse
of city resources; and
WHEREAS, "fraud, waste, or abuse" means any activity that (1) violates laws or regulations
relating to corruption, malfeasance, bribery, theft of government property, fraudulent claims, fraud,
coercion, conversion, malicious prosecution, misuse of government property, or willful omission to
perform a duty; (2) is economically wasteful; or (3) involves gross misconduct; and
WHEREAS, the fiscal year 2021-22 Internal Audit Plan calls for the city's Internal Audit
Manager to evaluate the benefits of a dedicated fraud and ethics hotline and to present the findings
and recommendations to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the primary purpose ofthe fraud and ethics hotline is to provide city employees with
a tool for reporting suspected cases of fraud, waste, and abuse of city resources directly to
management; and
WHEREAS, city staff recommend that a dedicated fraud and ethics hotline be implemented with
city staff providing recurring reports to the City Council summarizing the number and general nature
of reports received through the hotline and more detailed reports when there are substantiated cases
of fraud, waste, or abuse, with all reports complying with the confidentiality requirements of California
Government Code Section 53087.6; and
WHEREAS, the hotline is not intended to replace the standard chain of command reporting,
however the hotline is available to city employees who feel they need an alternate reporting
mechanism for communicating issues of fraud, waste or abuse of city resources to the city's
management; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the implementation of a dedicated fraud and ethics hotline is approved.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 5th day of April 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby.
None.
None.
_f+.v FAVIOLA MEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
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