2009-01-AU Follow-up Review of the 2006 Audit of the Department of Environmental Management's Recycling and Diversion Grants Program

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RECOMMENDATIONS - GENERAL FINDINGS TABLE OF RECOMMENDATIONS BY GRANT PROGRAMS RECOMMENDATIONS — GENERAL FINDINGS STATUS REPORT REFERENCE 1. We recommend that the Mayor and County Council, in consultation with DEM, revise and adhere to the Updated ISWMP as the long -term plan for addressing PENDING pp. 1 - 2 the County's solid waste streams. 2. We recommend a detailed "working plan" be developed to drive and guide PENDING pp. 2 - 5 implementation of the Updated ISWMP. 3. We recommend that DEM evaluate areas of possible risk and exposure and develop and implement written policies and procedures to reduce said risk and PENDING pp. 5 - 11 exposure. 4. We recommend that DEM consult with the Finance Department and the Corporation Counsel to develop written policies and procedures relating to PENDING pp.11 - 12 procurement and contracting. 5. We recommend that the County Council adopt an ordinance to clearly establish the County's authority to audit any entity with which it contracts, regardless of PENDING p. 12 whether the procurement is subject to or exempt from State and County procurement code provisions. 6. We recommend that DEM evaluate and implement processes and procedures to IN provide departmental capabilities for regular and continuous measurement of the PROGRESS pp. 12 -13 volume of various waste types entering and being diverted from the County's solid waste system. 7. We recommend that DEM include accurate descriptions and measurements of the IN volumes of specific waste types to be processed under each procurement and PROGRESS pp.13 - 14 contract document, as well as specific requirements for diversion, recycling, and /or reuse of waste types under each procurement and contract document.