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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Alameda County Grand Jury • 2016-2017

Unchecked Spending: Alameda County Board of Supervisors Discretionary Funds

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Findings 4 findings

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The dual role played by the county employee in connection with county donations, appropriations, and disbursements to OAW, as both a county employee and as co-founder, chief executive officer and a director of OAW constituted a failure of good governance practices by the County of Alameda.

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The dual role played by the county employee in connection with county donations, appropriations, and disbursements to OAW, as both a county employee and as co-founder, chief executive officer and a director of OAW constituted a conflict of interest, in violation of Alameda County Charter Section 66 and Alameda County Administrative Code Section 2.02.170.

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The process by which the Board of Supervisors makes donations to nonprofit organizations from county funds allocated to the Board of Supervisors through the FMRP constitutes a failure of good governance practices by the County of Alameda, in that (a) large amounts of county funds can be, and are, donated to nonprofit organizations without a competitive process and without written contracts; and (b) there is little if any independent oversight of the use of such funds received by nonprofit organizations.

17-11 Page 45

The process by which the Board of Supervisors makes donations to nonprofit organizations from county funds allocated to the Board of Supervisors through the FMRP does not comply with the Alameda County Manual of Accounting Policies and Procedures, which states that FMRP expenditures have the same requirements as other expenditures of county dollars. The non-compliance consists of the Board of Supervisors failure to follow the county’s procurement policy and procedures for such donations that exceed $3,000.

Recommendations 2

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The Board of Supervisors must establish a policy prohibiting any member of the Board of Supervisors from hiring or directing a staff member to form a nonprofit organization or to take a management position in a nonprofit organization.
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In the interest of good governance practices and in recognition of limited county resources, the Board of Supervisors must adopt and follow a policy that MAPP rules and the “County’s Procurement Policy and Procedures Overview – Guidelines for Acquisition of Goods and Services Including Professional Services” are strictly followed, and that no nonprofit organization may receive more than an aggregate of $25,000 per fiscal year in donations from the FMRP accounts of members of the Board of Supervisors.

Agency Responses 1

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Alameda County Board of Supervisors

October 12, 2016 • 10 pages View Details ▾

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