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Town of Poestenkill – Credit Card Purchases (2024M-34)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Poestenkill (Town) Town Board (Board) ensured credit card … an investigation was commenced. The Assistant was arrested in March 2023 and pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor for … Town purpose. The Board did not audit eight credit card payments totaling $13,563 (28 percent) before payment, as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/06/07/town-poestenkill-credit-card-purchases-2024m-34Town of Gardiner – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2024M-78)
… Clerk/Tax Collector (Clerk) recorded, deposited, remitted and reported collections accurately and in a timely manner. … tax collections to be deposited within 24 hours. Remit real property tax collections and clerk fees to the Town … an annual audit of the Clerk’s records and reports. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/10/11/town-gardiner-town-clerktax-collector-2024m-78Village of Elmira Heights – Claims Auditing (2024M-44)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Village of Elmira Heights (Village) Board of Trustees (Board) properly audited claims. Key Findings … the Board did not perform a thorough and deliberate audit of individual claims. The lack of a proper claims audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/07/12/village-elmira-heights-claims-auditing-2024m-44Town of Wells – Records and Reports (2024M-59)
… financial operations. All nine balance sheet accounts for 2022 and six accounts (67 percent) for 2023 were not accurate. Two accounts were overstated by a … not agree with general ledger cash balances at month-end for 18 of the 40 (45 percent) bank reconciliations we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/08/23/town-wells-records-and-reports-2024m-59Town of Volney – Financial Operations Oversight (2024M-93)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Volney (Town) Town Supervisor (Supervisor) performed his … and the Town Board (Board) provided adequate oversight of financial operations. Key Findings The Supervisor did not … and the Board did not provide adequate oversight of financial operations. As a result, the Town may have …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/11/22/town-volney-financial-operations-oversight-2024m-93Town of Castile – Tax Collection Remittance (P1-24-23)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Castile (Town) Town Clerk/Tax Collector (Clerk) remitted … $2.8 million to the County Treasurer in April 2024 instead of paying three separate required payments totaling … initiate corrective action. … Determine whether the Town of Castile Town Town ClerkTax Collector Clerk remitted all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/12/20/town-castile-tax-collection-remittance-p1-24-23DiNapoli Statement on Governor's Veto of Transparency Legislation
… our bill requiring more transparency and accountability for billions in emergency contracts and those that bypass … about whether the public is getting the best value for its money. This legislation had unanimous support in both … Senator Cooney and Assemblywoman Solages, to keep pushing for it and keep taxpayers informed about where their money is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/12/dinapoli-statement-governors-veto-transparency-legislationTown of Butler – Highway Asset Accountability (2024M-115)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Butler (Town) officials adequately safeguarded and … (Superintendent) did not complete an inventory list of highway machinery, tools and equipment or provide one to … account for the Town’s fuel. We noted at least 278 gallons of unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel, valued at $853 could …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/12/24/town-butler-highway-asset-accountability-2024m-115Town of Covington – Tax Collection Remittance (P1-24-24)
… and penalties to the Supervisor, which were collected for late real property tax payments. Recommendations The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/01/03/town-covington-tax-collection-remittance-p1-24-24-0Town of Middlebury – Tax Collection Remittance (P1-24-25)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Middlebury (Town) Tax Collector remitted all collections … million to the County Treasurer in April 2024, instead of paying three separate required payments totaling $656,657 … initiate corrective action. … Determine whether the Town of Middlebury Town Tax Collector remitted all collections as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/01/10/town-middlebury-tax-collection-remittance-p1-24-25Town of Warsaw – Tax Collection Remittance (P1-24-22)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Warsaw (Town) Town Clerk/Tax Collector (Clerk) remitted … million to the County Treasurer in April 2024, instead of paying three separate required payments totaling … initiate corrective action. … Determine whether the Town of Warsaw Town Town ClerkTax Collector Clerk remitted all …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/01/17/town-warsaw-tax-collection-remittance-p1-24-22Town of Chester – Property Tax Exemptions (2016M-325)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the Town’s property tax exemption … 1, 2015 through August 2, 2016. Background The Town of Chester is in Orange County and has a population of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2016/12/23/town-chester-property-tax-exemptions-2016m-325Town of LaGrange – Selected Financial Activities (2013M-107)
… that back-up data is kept at an offsite location. Use web filters to limit internet access. Develop and adopt a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/07/12/town-lagrange-selected-financial-activities-2013m-107XI.12.F Reassignment of Agency Responsibility for Contracts – XI. Procurement and Contract Management
… reorganized, consolidated, or expanded; or responsibility for specific projects or programs may be reassigned to other … may necessitate reassignment of responsibility for all or some contracts of one Business Unit / Department … Agencies must concurrently transmit two transactions for agency reassignment of a contract: An amendment …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xi/xi12f-reassignment-agency-responsibility-contractsTown of Ripley – Town Clerk Collections (2024M-139)
… accurate manner. As a result, there was an increased risk for money to be lost or used for inappropriate purposes. In addition, the longer … remain unremitted, the longer they are not available for Town operations. Our audit determined that the Clerk did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/03/14/town-ripley-town-clerk-collections-2024m-139City of North Tonawanda – Audit Follow-Up (2020M-90-F)
… of North Tonawanda’s (City’s) progress, as of August 2024, in implementing our recommendations in the audit report City of North Tonawanda – Financial Condition (2020M-90), released in August 2020. The audit determined that the Mayor and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2025/03/07/city-north-tonawanda-audit-follow-2020m-90-fTown of Hurley – Transfer Station Collections (2024M-132)
… without detection. For example: The amount of municipal waste collected, as recorded by the transfer … invoiced by the hauling company, which equates to the Town of Hurley (Town) collecting approximately $51,800 less in … collection procedures that did not address segregation of incompatible duties with respect to safeguarding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/04/11/town-hurley-transfer-station-collections-2024m-132Village of Hudson Falls – Information Technology (2025M-10)
… on its IT systems (including its IT assets and network) for Internet access and email, and to maintain various … such as financial and personnel records and evidence files for the police department, that may contain personal, private … Village pays two outside IT vendors to provide IT services for the Village, including managing IT support, monitoring …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/04/25/village-hudson-falls-information-technology-2025m-10Town of Rutland – Town Clerk/Tax Collector (2025M-19)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Rutland (Town) Town Clerk/Tax Collector (Clerk) recorded, … 16 to 178 days late. The Clerk did not make 11 deposits of real property taxes totaling $191,581 in a timely manner … As a result, the Clerk bank account had a cash shortage of $647 as of December 1, 2023, and the tax bank account had …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/06/13/town-rutland-town-clerktax-collector-2025m-19