The evaluation report of the Riihimäki City Audit Board for 2024 has been completed.

The Audit Board annually assesses whether the operational and financial goals set by the City Council have been achieved in the city's operations during the previous year. The Audit Board of the City of Riihimäki has prepared an evaluation report based on the results of its 2024 evaluation. The report will be submitted to the City Council for consideration on 26 May 2025.

The Audit Committee set the following priorities for the 2024 evaluation year: combating corruption, a stable economic program, cooperation between sectors, potential difficulties in decision-making, and procurement. The Audit Committee also paid attention to the management of the city corporation.

It is worth utilizing the use of centralized procurement services

The audit committee states in its evaluation report that no corruption has been observed in the city's operations. Regarding the stable economy program, the audit committee notes that savings should not be made at the expense of long-term revenues and the quality of services.

Regarding the economy, the audit committee notes that the sectors generally remained within their amended budgets in 2024. In the future, the employment and integration reform and the change in the demographic structure will challenge the city's economy and service provision.

According to the evaluation report, the city must continue to centralize procurement, and the water utility must also utilize centralized procurement services in its tenders.

The evaluation report shows that, according to the board's assessment, internal cooperation within the city has improved, but there is still a need to pay attention to ensuring that all relevant parties are involved in the early stages of planning.

Vitality has concrete goals, basic services do not

In evaluating the performance, the board draws attention to the fact that concrete goals promoting vitality have been derived from the city strategy, but only a few goals have been set for basic services.

The board also recommends that the city's well-being mission be made more understandable to city residents.

The evaluation report also draws attention to the fact that the targets set for the business areas and key group companies, which are binding on the council, have been reported in varying ways in the financial statements. The audit committee sees room for improvement in this regard.

Four new recommendations

In the 2020–2023 evaluation reports, the audit committee has given the city a total of 25 recommendations. Most of the recommendations have been implemented at least partially. One recommendation is no longer relevant after the welfare area reform. Of the three recommendations that have not been implemented, the audit committee will renew two.

The Audit Board will make four new recommendations in the 2024 evaluation report.

• First, the audit committee recommends training for managers and supervisors on corruption as a phenomenon. The goal is to learn how to recognize different forms of corruption and combat all forms of corruption.
• Secondly, the audit committee recommends that, in order to improve cooperation between different sectors, obstacles to cooperation should be identified and efforts should be made to find ways of improving cooperation.
• Thirdly, the Audit Board recommends that the savings measures presented in the Stability and Growth Programme be accompanied in the future by a long-term assessment of the overall effects of the savings.
• Fourth, the audit committee recommends that the centralization of procurement be continued and that a public, appealable decision be made on the final results of tenders even when the Procurement Act does not apply. All procurements must be tendered by default. As a principle, the sectors and the water supply company must utilize the expertise and systems of the procurement team in all tenders.

The audit board's assessment report 2024

Audit Committee Minutes 13.5.2025

Presentation of the Audit Committee