Office of Council Services

Hard copies of all documents can be found at the Municipal Reference Center.

On July 1, 2003, the Office of the City Auditor was established by virtue of a Charter amendment, and all audit functions and responsibilities, previously under the jurisdiction of OCS, were transferred to the Office of the City Auditor as of that date.

• April 2003, Office of Council Services
  Performance Audit of the Management of Capital Projects by the Department of Design and Construction  (1,900KB PDF)

• April 2001, Office of Council Services
  Performance Audit of the Management of Capital Projects by the Department of Transportation Services (83KB PDF)
            Follow up memo: 4/2/02 (Council Communication 73, 2002)

• August 1999, KPMG LLP
  Management Review of the Ewa Villages Project (Exec. Sum. only-395KB PDF)
            Follow up memo: 5/1/00 (Council Communication 147, 2000)

• June 1999, Office of Council Services
  Performance Audit of the City’s Motor Vehicle, Licensing and Permit Functions
            Follow up memo: 4/18/00 (Council Communication 137, 2000)

• July 1998, Office of Council Services
  Performance Audit of the Infiltration and Inflow Minimization Plan Project
   
  
• February 1998, Office of Council Services
  Performance Audit of the Gulick Avenue Relief Sewer Project
            Follow up memo: 3/16/99 (Council Communication 102, 1999)

• October 1997, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
  Review of the Housing Development Special Fund (Exec. Sum. only-692KB PDF)
            Follow up memo: 10/39/98 (Council Communication 89, 2002)

• September 1997, Arthur Andersen LLP
  Performance Audit of the Hawaiian Humane Society
            Follow up memo: 9/9/98 (Council Communication 311, 1998)
  
  
• November 1996, Office of Council Services
  Issue Profile: Overpayments of Salary to City Employees (Exec. Sum. only-6KB PDF) 
   
• October 1996, Office of Council Services
  Issue Profile: Procurement of Personal Services in the City and County of Honolulu (Exec. Sum. only-4KB PDF) 
    
• January 1996, Office of Council Services
  Issue Profile: Fiscal Impact of the 1994 Early Retirement Incentive Program (Exec. Sum. only-6KB PDF) 
   
• December 1995, Office of Council Services
  Issue Profile: Exempting Affordable Housing Projects from County Development Regulations (Exec. Sum. only-6KB PDF)
   
• May 1995, Office of Council Services
  Update: Implementation of Towers Perrin Recommendations for Governmental Efficiency (Exec. Sum. only-20KB PDF) 
   
• April 1995, Office of Council Services
  Issue Profile: Reporting Requirements of City Agencies (Exec. Sum. only-13KB PDF) 
   
• April 1995, Office of Council Services
  Long Range Financing Alternatives for the City’s Wastewater System (Exec. Sum. only-24KB PDF) 
   
• August 1994, Office of Council Services
  Audit Report: City Regulation and Taxation of Vacation Rentals and Nonconforming Land Uses (Exec. Sum. only-10KB PDF) 
   
• March 1994, Towers & Perrin
  Report of a Reconnaissance Study of the City and County of Honolulu
            Exec. Sum. only (1,010KB PDF)
            Full Report (12.1MB PDF)

• August 1993, Coopers & Lybrand
  Performance Audit of the Honolulu Police Department Headquarters Project
  
  
• April 1992, JEMS Communications
  Comprehensive Performance Audit of the Organization, Management and Operations, of the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care and Emergency Ambulance Service Program of the Department of Health of the City and County of Honolulu (Exec. Sum. only-321KB PDF)
   
• February 1992, Coopers & Lybrand
  Performance Audit of the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney (Exec. Sum. only-234KB PDF)

 Hard copies of all documents can be found at the Municipal Reference Center

• October 1989, Coopers & Lybrand
  Special Management Review Update of the Honolulu Bus System
   
• April 1989, Deloitte Haskins & Sells
  Review of the Housing and Community Development Rehabilitation Loan Revolving Fund
  
  
• March 1987, Office of Council Services
  Report on the Use of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 8 Funds for a City Contract with ParEn, Inc. 
   
• September 1986, Office of Council Services
  Performance Audit of the Housing Assistance Fund 
   
• May 1986, City Council, Citizens’ Blue Ribbon Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Response
  Final Report on the Oahu Civil Defense Agency Response to the Tsunami Warning of May 7, 1986
  
  
• May 1985, Coopers & Lybrand
  Performance Audit Report, Real Property Taxation Program 

• May 1984, City Council, Community Services Committee & Fawcett, Welcome (Subcommittee Chair)
  Report of the Subcommittee to Look into the Police Commission 

• May 1984, Alexander Grant & Company
  Performance Audit of the Community Development Block Grant Program, City and County of Honolulu 

• March 1983, Office of Council Services
  A Report on Hurricane Iwa – Emergency Response: A Need for a Change 

• March 1981, Deloitte Haskins & Sells
  City and County of Honolulu Report on Performance Audit of the Department of Transportation Services and MTL, Inc. 

• December 1980, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company
  Performance Audit of the Hawaiian Humane Society 

• January 1980, Pritchard, Leo C.
  The Department of Auditoriums, City and County of Honolulu: A Report of Assessment of Operations, November, 1979

REPORTS ISSUED PRIOR TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL SERVICES (c. 1973)

• March 1964, City Council Auditor
  Report of Audit of the Division of Treasury, Department of Treasury, Department of Finance, City and County of Honolulu, for the Period January 1, 1961 to June 30, 1963 

• January 1964, City Council, Audit Division
  Report of Audit of the Inventory as Filed for June 30, 1963, by the Division of Automotive Equipment Service (Department of Public Works), City and County of Honolulu 

• March 1962, City Council, Audit Division
  Review and Comments on Recommendations Submitted by Baker & Gillette for the City and County of Honolulu 

• January 1962, Baker & Gillette
  Redevelopment Agency Auditors’ Report June 30, 1961