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Report
Presentation of Auditor’s Office results from July 2025 – May 2026
Placed on file
City Auditor Simone Rede, City Ombudsman Jennifer Croft, and Audit Services Director KC Jones will share results from the last 11 months:
- Keeping the Flame of Love & Creativity Alive: A Collection of Oral Histories
- Ombudsman Report: 2025 Annual Report
- Ombudsman Report: Accessory Short-Term Rentals: Changes in City rules and enforcement methods needed to increase equity and effectiveness
- Audit Report: Arts Tax: City needs to make improvements to deliver on voter approved arts education and grants commitments
- Audit Report: Climate Justice: Clear direction, strategies, and transparency needed to follow through on the City's climate commitments
- Audit Report: Parks Fiscal Management: Systemwide goals and sustainability strategies needed to ensure parks for future generations
- 2024 Audit Impact Report: Prioritization needed to implement outstanding audit recommendations
This presentation is intended to inform Council and the public of our results and to answer questions Council members may have. No Council action is required.
Exhibits and oral histories can be viewed on the Archives & Records Management webpage
Ombudsman work can be viewed on the Ombudsman webpage
All audits can be viewed on the Audit Services webpage
Official record (Efiles)
Impact Statement
Purpose of proposed legislation and background information
The purpose of this presentation is to inform Council and the public of Auditor's Office results.
Financial and budgetary impacts
There are no immediate financial or budgetary impacts. Implementation of audit and Ombudsman recommendations could improve the transparency and efficiency of City programs.
Economic and real estate development impacts
Not applicable.
Community impacts and community involvement
Ombudsman complaints come from community members and community members are consulted during audit work. Presenting these results publicly provides community members with information about how City operations and decisions may affect them. Archives & Records Management collaborated with Street Books, a street library that provides community, resources, and advocacy for people living outside, to record oral histories of community members experiencing homelessness for the creation of Keeping the Flame of Love & Creativity Alive. Presenting this publication amplifies diverse experiences and memories of life in Portland that are often left out of the historical record.
100% renewable goal
Not applicable.
Economic and real estate development analysis
Analysis provided by Prosper Portland
An Economic and Real Estate Development Impact Analysis was not submitted for this proposed action. Pursuant to City Council Resolution 37664, Prosper Portland staff has reviewed the action and agree that it does not require an Economic and Real Estate Development Impact Analysis.
Document history
Document number: 2026-207
President's referral: Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole