Purchasing Card Usage Audit Report (26-384A)

Applies if: client's department, contract, or vendor is named in the audit's flagged card transactions

Context: The audit (26-384A) has appeared before Committee on Finance twice — Jan. 26 and Feb. 3, 2026 — and remains in Draft status with no findings yet disclosed.

Recommended: If your client's department, contract, or vendor appears among flagged transactions, submit a written response to the City Auditor now — once the audit exits Draft status at its next Committee on Finance appearance, transaction-level disputes become procedurally unavailable and stick to the public record unchallenged.

Context: The audit has been briefed to Committee on Finance twice (Jan. 26 and Feb. 3, 2026) without a single disclosed spending figure appearing on either agenda.

Recommended: File a public records request for the current Draft audit and any written departmental responses to the City Auditor — after two Committee on Finance briefings, total flagged card spending still hasn't been disclosed, and the final version may reflect negotiated reductions from the draft.

Applies if: client's spending or contracts are implicated in the purchasing card audit

Context: The item has appeared before Committee on Finance twice (Jan. 26 and Feb. 3, 2026) while remaining in Draft status, meaning no committee position has hardened.

Recommended: Request informal meetings with Committee on Finance members now to frame any disputed card spending tied to your client before the audit is transmitted to full Council — with two Draft-status briefings and no public figures yet, committee framing is still unset.