The Tacoma City Council is looking for applicants with experience in government performance and financial auditing, public administration, and government financial and fiscal practices to fill the Community Member position on the Audit Advisory Board (AAB).
The AAB supports the City Council’s Government Performance and Finance (GPF) Committee in carrying out its audit advisory, oversight, and liaison functions. These functions include: ensuring coordination of audit needs of the City Council and the work of independent auditors retained by the City to audit City programs, functions, and activities; making audit management recommendations to the City Council; and acting as a liaison between the City Council and the office of the City Manager in regard to audits of City programs, functions, and activities that are not under the direction of the City Council.
The AAB consists of each member of the GPF Committee, two members of the Tacoma Public Utilities Board, and one community member with the knowledge listed above. The Chair of the GPF Committee serves as Chair of the Board. The AAB typically meets quarterly.
The City is committed to fostering an equitable and anti-racist organization and wants its committees, boards, and commissions to reflect Tacoma’s diverse community. For these vacancies, all individuals, including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ individuals, individuals with disabilities, seniors, youth, immigrants, and refugees, are encouraged to apply.
Appointed applicants are required to complete Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act trainings provided by the Washington State Office of the Attorney General, within 90 days of being appointed to a committee, board, or commission.
Additional information on the Audit Advisory Board is available here.
Applications must be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office by noon on October 5, 2026, at tacoma.gov/cbcapplication. Questions about the application process, requests for the application in an alternate format, or requests to submit additional documents may be directed to Elizabeth Wing in the City Clerk’s Office at servetacoma@tacoma.gov or (253) 591-5178.