The City Controller shall appoint a certified public accountant as his deputy in charge of auditing and the auditors regularly employed by the Auditing Department shall be either certified public accountants, or graduates of colleges or universities who majored in accounting.

ANNOTATION

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Purposes: To enable the City Controller properly to perform his auditing functions, his deputy is required to be a certified public accountant and his auditors certified public accountants or persons with appropriate academic training in accounting. This requirement puts Council on notice that appropriations to the Auditing Department must be adequate to compensate such personnel so that the Department may properly perform its functions. See Section 2-300(4).