City Council · December 16, 2025 · Item 7.1
KPMG LLP’s 2025 External Audit Plan be received for information.
Received for information under the agenda item 2025 External Audit Plan - 2025-578
Carried (13 to 0)
13 in favour, 0 against — unanimous
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That KPMG LLP’s 2025 External Audit Plan be received for information.
How the room voted
In favour (13)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Chew
- Downer
- Gibson
- Goller
- Guthrie
- Hauser
- Klassen
- Richardson
What council was given
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- 2025 External Audit Plan - 2025-578.pdf
KPMG LLP's plan for auditing the City's 2025 consolidated financial statements, presented for information. Staff say they reviewed the approach and have no concerns. Interim fieldwork began in November 2025, final testing runs from March to May 2026, and the audited statements and findings are to come to Council in June 2026. Audit fees are set in advance and already in the budget.
- Attachment-1 Audit Planning Report for the year ended December 31, 2025.pdf
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What was said
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1:32:08anyone, do they miss the minutes? Oh, okay. I did the minutes. Sorry, I missed the minutes.
1:32:15Let me go back to the minutes. Thanks, Kathy. Sorry, councillor Downer. The minutes are for the
1:32:21council open council meetings November 12th, 18th and 26th for 2025 and the open minutes of the
1:32:27committee, the whole meeting on November 4th, 2025 to be confirmed as recorded and without being
1:32:33read. Since you caught my mistake, I'll let you move it. Thank you. Move it. Seconded by, okay,
1:32:39Boussatil. Thank you. Is there anything more on those minutes? No. Okay, I'll call the vote. Is
1:32:45anyone against? That's unanimous as well. Sorry about that. Thank you. Good catch. 2025 external
1:32:52audit plan is the consent agenda for council. Does anyone need that poll? No. Councillor Caron,
1:33:01I think you're willing to move the consent. Thank you and Billings is willing to second.
1:33:05Thank you. I'll call the vote then. Is anyone against that? No one. Okay, so I consider that
1:33:12matter closed and that's unanimous as well. So now we're into our items for discussion
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