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Cook County Board Of Commissioners Committee Meetings September 17, 2024 AUDIT COMMITTEE Although not on the Asset Committee agenda, at its September 19 meeting, the board approved a Professional Consulting Service contract with Iron Mountain Information Management to develop a materials and records storage assessment, implementation plan, and digital files/digitization. The contract is for $1.2 million and the duration 16 months until 1/31/26. Auditor, Mary Modelski, reported that several items from the 1st quarter were closed and that during the second quarter progress is being made with the "employment reimbursement process" and with the Clerk of the Court "traffic citations". She went into more detail on the recommendation to Consolidate the Grant RFP Process stating that a stakeholder process was established in August to work on centralizing the grant management system. #24-3722 - the ARPA Fixed site emergency shelter report for people experiencing homelessness. Two hotels are in the process of being purchased to house the homeless. ARPA monies were used to provide a 30-year loan which will come due in 2053. The Audit Department recommended the monitoring process needs to be improved and defined for the long term. Comm. Daley asked that the Audit Department add this specific ARPA project to its regular auditing schedule. Currently, it does not follow up on ARPA grants #24-3681 - The Audit Department conducted an audit of the Work Order System in the Facilities Management Custodial Services Section. It specifically recommended that the work order s |