STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Core
AGENDA DATE: September 10, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): N/A
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Donzell Gipson
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a five-year professional services contract for the audits of the City's financial operations and grant activities for fiscal years ending September 30, 2025 through September 30, 2029 and certain component units for years ending December 31, 2025 through December 31, 2029 - Weaver and Tidwell, LLP dba Weaver, most advantageous proposer of seven - Not to exceed $4,036,750.00 - Financing: General Fund ($3,541,750.00), Sanitation Operation Fund ($7,500.00), Capital Projects Funds ($12,500.00), Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($12,500.00), Aviation Fund ($55,000.00) Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corporation ($110,000.00), Downtown Connection TIF ($55,000.00), and Dallas Employee Retirement Fund ($242,500.00) (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This professional services contract will provide auditing services for the City's financial operations and grant activities for fiscal years ending September 30, 2025 through September 30, 2029 and certain component units for years ending December 31, 2025 through December 31, 2029. The certain component units include the Dallas Convention Center Hotel Development Corporation and the Dallas Employee Retirement Fund. The City Charter (Chapter III, Section 19) requires an annual independent audit of the City's books of account, records, and transactions by one or more certified public accountants. The Single Audit Act of 1996, as amended, also requires an audit of grantees who have received federal grants exceeding certain thresholds, and the Texas Grant Management Standards requires an audit of grantees who received state grants exceeding certain thresholds. The City Charter requires the City Council to select the external auditor, which it does through it...
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