Audit of Department of Water Management’s Material Truck Haul Program

Executive Summary

This program facilitates the delivery of materials to sewer and water project job sites and the removal of debris from those same sites. Prior to this program DWM used trucks in the scandal-plagued Hired Truck Program for such deliveries. In 2011 alone, 999,076 tons of materials/debris were hauled to and from the job sites, resulting in $16,707,955 of billings by MTHP vendors.

Our audit efforts focused primarily on the DWM operations that are unique to MTHP, such as assignment of service requests to contracted vendors, approval of individual work tickets, and accuracy of monthly summaries of materials/debris hauled. Based on the audit results, we found the program generally to be well-administered. Service requests were appropriately assigned to vendors with the lowest prices and invoices were accurate.