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The City Manager’s Office failed its fiduciary responsibility to review the financial stability of NBAS. This increased the risk that Petaluma and other cities that depended upon NBAS would be left without animal services they depended on for the health and safety of animals and residents.

What should residents consider about Finding PETALUMA-F5: The City Manager’s Office failed its fiduciary responsibility to review the financial stability of NBAS. This increased the risk that Petaluma and other cities that depended upon NBAS would be left without animal services they depended on for the health and safety of animals and residents., and the County’s response?

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and Petaluma City CouncilAudit assessment: Addressed
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Audit context

What the response says and how it was assessed

Response says

Rejects a fiduciary duty over an independent nonprofit or neighboring jurisdictions, describes financial information review and proposes stronger future contract monitoring.

Audit analysis

Explains disputed duty and risk-attribution propositions, identifying contractual reporting and annual financial statements; page 10 continues the jurisdiction and improvement discussion. This review does not resolve the legal dispute.

Finding-response score

Document completeness and usefulness—not factual verification or a legal conclusion.

10/10

4/4

Statutory elements

Stated position
2/2
Applicable disagreement elements
2/2

6/6

Public usefulness

Coverage
2/2
Reason specificity
2/2
Support traceability
2/2

Explains disputed duty and risk-attribution propositions, identifying contractual reporting and annual financial statements; page 10 continues the jurisdiction and improvement discussion. This review does not resolve the legal dispute.

Scoring confidence: high

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