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HomeMy Public PortalAbout060_010_gmatthews CITY OF TYBEE ISLAND P.O. Box 2749 • 403 Butler Ave. Tybee Island, GA 31328 Phone (912) 786-4573 Fax(912) 786-5737 www.cityoftybee.org AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER APPLICATION Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the audit committee. Please provide the Mayor and City Council the following information for their consideration. Why do you want to be a member of the Audit Committee? _L c N/-z b0?,t.-- the 'CL A�.'ty® C ft,A7 -cot ' c„: What qualifications or experiences do you have that would be helpful to the Committee? k.t,v e k 30 -t ye .- C etv Y the, eio (e o Gz oc� See ✓e.s4.4,.4a.e et,tl-•e.c-(i e-d .I Are you a resident of the City of Tybee Island? k yes no Signature (C (&/t.G Date Printed Name G 0ed o•%. K. fitkou-f tite„vi Street Address 12.i. 6ei1 les tVc,0 Phone Number 1 (Z - (p p - ® Email govrdwn,W4.4*Vivew ® 6o)c. ( P87 Sec.2-264. Audit committee. P (a) Pursuant to section 3.11 of the city Charter there is created an audit committee. (b) The audit committee shall have the purpose of enhancing the financial statement auditor's real and perceived independence and to provide a direct link between the auditor and governing body and to facilitate communication between the governing body, the auditors and management.Further, the audit committee should play an advisory role to the governing body;however, it should not interfere with performance of the auditor's duties. (c) The audit committee shall consist of no less than five nor more than seven members appointed by the mayor and council,such appointees being selected on the basis of their knowledge and interest in the financial planning and accounting principles. (d) The audit committee shall: (1)Oversee the independent audit of the city's financial statements from making recommendations on the selection of independent auditors to the resolution offindings or issues; (2)Review the reports of any internal auditors(as opposed to independent)as well as any internal audit work plans; (3)Annually present a report to the mayor and council and city manager of its activities and its recommendations and/or findings; (4)Serve as a consultant body on city financial issues as requested by city council; (5)Perform other duties related to the above functions as may be directed by the mayor and council or the city manager. (e) The audit committee shall elect one of its members as chair and one member as vice-chair and may elect as its secretary one of its own members. (I) To the extent the audit committee deems it appropriate, it may adopt bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with any provisions of the city Charter, ordinances or other law. Copies of any such rules, bylaws, etc., shall be filed with the clerk of council. (g)Meetings of the audit committee shall be scheduled as directed by the chair or the membership and all meetings shall comply with the Georgia Open Meetings Act. 1 ' 3 Resume Gordon Kennedy Matthews CEO of Savannah Bee Company 2012-Current He is the Chief Executive Officer of Savannah Bee which markets and distributes bee-based products throughout the US and operates four retail stores. Organizational Consultant since 2000- 2011 He provides consulting services to CEOs and their leadership teams. Clients are in closely-held manufacturers, distribution, retail and other businesses. He works in the areas of corporate effectiveness & strategy, financial management, and performance improvement using a broad range of tools. Representative clients: Intermarine(yachts), Critz Mercedes/BMW, AME(precision rubber mfg.), Denman&Davis (metal distribution), TICO(port related trucking in the Southeast) CFO and Director of Chatham Steel Corporation, Savannah, GA 1977 - 1999 Chatham Steel was a closely held $160 million distributor of carbon steel products with operations in five southeastern states; it had approximately 300 employees. As CFO he had direct responsibility for Finance,Accounting, Information Systems, Human Resources and Credit; in addition he planned and coordinated Chatham's Continuous Improvement initiative. In addition to being a close advisor to the President and member of the Board, a key part of his role was to build the necessary support functions that enabled the company to quadruple in size while he was with the company. He directed the purchase and integration of several new businesses and the disposition of several business units. During 1998 he lead the effort to market the company with a very favorable sale to Reliance Steel & Aluminum (7/1/98) and he stayed through early 1999 to complete all tax and financial reporting of the transaction. CPA and Manager in Consulting at what is now Accenture (previously Arthur Andersen & Co. and then Andersen Consulting), Atlanta GA 1969-1977 He specialized in designing and successfully installing information systems for closely held manufacturing,transportation and distribution companies. He was responsible for successful design and implementation of operating, accounting and management information systems. He arranged and managed client engagements throughout the Southeast that provided important management information used to run the businesses. Other He received a direct commission (without OCS or ROTC) and served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army (Adjutant General Corps) with a top secret security clearance 1968-69 at a major computer systems center located at Edgewood Arsenal near Baltimore, Md. Education MBA - University of Texas at Austin 1968 BSBA - University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1965 (major in Accounting) Certification: CPA, APICS (manufacturing): CFPIM Awards Citation for Meritorious Service from the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation 2009 Leadership Savannah's Adler-Hillyer Award 2004 Savannah Rotarian of the Year 2000 Previous Community Involvement Rotary International—6920 District Governor(2011-2012) Board of Directors—Medical Equipment Transport Service Inc. gordon.matthews @earthlink.net 912-604-1200 Resume Gordon Kennedy Matthews Board of Directors&Treasurer—Savannah-Chatham Citizen Advocacy Inc. Board of Directors-Savannah Development&Renewal Authority(Broughton Street) 1992-2009 Treasurer,Board of Directors—Savannah Music Festival(5 yrs ending 2007) President—Friends of Tybee Post Theater 2010 President-Leadership Savannah Sept. 1998-May 2000 President-Historic Savannah Foundation 1987-88 President—Rotary Club of Savannah East 2001-02 Vice Chairman-Savannah Development&Renewal Authority 1993-2002 Treasurer&Board Member-Ossabaw Island Foundation 1998-2004 Treasurer&Board Member-Union Mission(for the homeless) 1992-2003 Treasurer&Board Member—The Georgia Conservancy 1972-1990 Treasurer,Savannah Science Museum 1982-1984 Team Leader-Group Study Exchange to Bolivia for Rotary International 1999 Team Leader-Group Study Exchange to Poland&Ukraine for Rotary International 2001 Chair,Endowment Committee,Greenbriar Children's Home District 6920 Chairman for Rotary Group Study Exchange 2000-08 Graduate-Leadership Savannah 1980 Graduate-Leadership Georgia 1986 Board Member(in addition to above listed organizations): Advisory Board-Savannah Economic Development Authority Board-Savannah Business Group on Health Care 1982-98 Board and Chair of Allocation-United Way of the Coastal Empire 1986-87 Committee Chair-Steel Service Center Institute-Management Information-Mkt.Research Presentation Experience Speaker at IBM National Executive Distribution Conference-business strategy Speaker Inst.of Scrap Recycling Ind.-financial reporting,business planning Trainer-Chatham Steel supervisor development,front-line employee training on TQM Speaker-Tennessee Associates Annual Conf. -Training using Integrative Learning Facilitator for Open Space Technology-SSCI-CFO Conference Facilitator for the Board of the Savannah Development&Renewal Authority Facilitator for the Board of the Savannah Association for the Blind Continuing Education & Development Farr Associates-Behavioral Consultants-Leadership Development Tennessee Associates-TQM Implementation Methods A.Andersen-Systems Development,Project Management Learning International-Professional Selling Skills ASQC-Statistical Process Control in Service Industries Balridge Presentations from-IBM,Milliken,Xerox, Wallace Innovative Thinking Conferences(John Kotter,Peter Senge,Edward DeBono) 2009 gordon.matthews©earthlink.net 912-604-1200