San Jose could save millions of dollars from about 300 open audit findings.

Sharon Erickson, resident auditor, has found 296 pending recommendation that are reported today in the City Council. 18 of them could save San Jose $13 million, and 6 of them have a potential to end legal disputes. There are audits that date back to 5 or 6 years ago.

In 2011 the city collected $148 million from unused sick leave. Although the city collected most of the money, in December the city made a decision to track down the rest. In 2014 most of the proposals in an audit of San Jose libraries have been addressed and resolved for the most part. The city made some changes, such as all the libraries going cash-free and staffing and scheduling changes to better deal with the busiest hours.

The office audits San Jose multiple times per year.

Auditor’s office organizes several audits per year in order to help the city save more money and improve efficiency. Every six months Erickson reports to the council about all open recommendations. Since the last report, the city closed or enacted changes to 45 of these reports.

The results of these audits, for instance, were an agreement with unions that will help save money on the two retirement systems the city has, and assigning more responsibilities for volunteers in the libraries.

According to Erickson, there is still a lot of work. The Department of Transportation still struggles to find financial recourses to repave the city’s worst streets and for the road maintenance. Some of these issues might concern a citywide sales tax later this year.

San Jose IT Department works to improve general controls continuing their work on 10 audit recommendations from 2012, and customer service’s arm still has 20 recommendations to work on.