The City of Burlington's Audit Committee is a standing committee of Council which studies and reports to Council on:
- Matters relating to financial reporting, accounting policies and practices, risk management, and internal control processes and systems
- Annual financial statements
- All external and internal audit matters, including selection of the external auditor, the annual audit of the City's financial statements and matters recommended by the external auditor and internal auditor
View the Audit Committee's Terms of Reference.
Meetings, agendas and minutes
The Audit Committee meets, as scheduled, on Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m.
Check out our Council and Committees Calendar for meeting dates, agendas and minutes for upcoming and past meetings.
Committee members
The committee is made up of both Council and community members.
- Councillor Kearns
- Councillor Sharman
- Mathew Moore
- Etienne Durafour
- Michael Di Iulio
- Kartik Gupta
- Mayor Marianne Meed Ward, an ex-officio voting member of the Committee
2025 Audit plan
Cash Handling/Revenues (carry-forward from 2024) |
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Project type: Operational and compliance audit Last audited: 2017 Department: Finance & Corporate-wide Proposed time frame: Q1-Q2 2025 Budgeted time: 140 hours |
Fleet Services: Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL) post-implementation |
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Project type: Performance audit Last audited: Never Department: Roads, Parks, Forestry and Corporate-wide Proposed time frame: Q1-Q2 2025 Budgeted time: 245 hours |
Development Applications Review |
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Project type: Performance audit Last audited: Never Department: Community Planning Proposed time frame: Q3 2025 Budgeted time: 315 hours |
Procurement Card (P-Card) Audit |
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Project type: Compliance audit Last audited: 2019 Department: Finance Proposed time frame: Q4 2025 Budgeted time: 210 hours |
Whistleblower Policy and Program implementation |
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Project type: New corporate initiative Last audited: N/A Department: Corporate-wide Proposed time frame: Full year 2025 Budgeted time: 105 hours |
View the approved Audit Plan for the Office of the City Auditor.
Recent audit reports to Audit Committee
Community Grants audit |
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Date to audit committee: March 5, 2025 View the Community Grants audit full report. |
Cyber-Security audit (Detect and Respond) |
| Date to audit committee: March 5, 2025 Summary: The objective was to review the City’s cyber-security controls with a particular focus on the “Detect” and “Respond” security functions in version 7.1 of the CIS CSS (a total of 41 technical controls). Audit results: Six audit findings reported to Audit Committee confidentially in order to protect the security of the City's IT environment. |
Procurement audit |
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Date to audit committee: September 11, 2024 View the Procurement audit full report |
Cyber-security audit (protect controls) |
| Date to audit committee: March 6, 2024 Summary: This audit focused on the controls found within the ‘Protect’ area of the CIS CSS framework version 7.1 (97 technical controls related to firewalls, security configurations, anti-malware etc.). Audit results: Eleven audit findings reported to Audit Committee confidentially in order to protect the security of the City's IT environment. |
Environmental Stewardship Strategies audit |
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Date to audit committee: December 6, 2023 View the Environmental Stewardship Strategies audit full report. |
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project audit |
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Date to audit committee: December 6, 2023 View the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project audit full report. |
Cyber-Security Audit (‘Identify’ controls) |
| Date to audit committee: March 8, 2023 Summary: This audit focused on the controls found within the ‘Identify’ area of the CIS CSS framework version 7.1 (20 technical controls related to asset inventory, discovery tools, tracking tools/assets/software etc.). Audit results: Seven audit findings reported to Audit Committee confidentially in order to protect the security of the City's IT environment. |
Other reporting to Audit Committee
Status of Management Action Plans |
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Date to audit committee: March 5, 2025 |
Quarterly Dashboard |
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Date to audit committee: March 5, 2025 View the Quarterly Dashboard full report |
Performance management process for the City Auditor |
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Date to audit committee: March 5, 2025 View the Performance management process for the City Auditor full report. |
Anti-Fraud Information and Education Program |
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Date to audit committee: December 4, 2024 View the Anti-Fraud Information and Education Program full report. |
Internal Audit Charter |
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Date to audit committee: September 11, 2024 View the Internal Audit Charter full report. |
Audit Committee Terms of Reference |
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Date to audit committee: June 12, 2024 |