Audit Services

City of Beverly Hills

Solid Waste Contract Compliance Audit (2005)

Project Description

The City of Beverly Hills entered into an exclusive franchise agreement, beginning April 1, 2004, to provide solid waste collection services to commercial customers. After the first year of service under the new Agreement, the City requested HF&H Consultants to perform a compliance audit with selected provisions of the Agreement.

HF&H Solution

In order to achieve the City’s goals, HF&H:

• Reviewed the accuracy of the hauler’s commercial and rolloff billing.
• Observed a sample of commercial bin service levels (size and quantity of bins) in the field.
• Verified the accuracy of tonnage reported (collected, diverted, transformed and disposed) to the City.
• Verified hauler compliance with selected provisions of the agreement.
• Reconciled the City’s billing to customers and reconciled the hauler’s billing to the City.