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Jordan-Elbridge Central School District – Financial Condition Management (2017M-241)
… adequately managed the District's financial condition for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017. Background The Jordan-Elbridge Central School … debt service fund over the past four years without using this money for debt payments. The Board has not adopted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/01/26/jordan-elbridge-central-school-district-financial-condition-managementAuburn Enlarged City School District – Employee Compensation and Benefits (2017M-153)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the District’s employee compensation and benefits … formal and adequate policies and procedures related to the processing of payroll outside of normal pay dates. … officials did not develop policies or procedures related to the periodic review and reconciliation of payroll …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/11/03/auburn-enlarged-city-school-district-employee-compensation-and-benefitsHawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District – Internal Controls Over Wire Transfers (2016M-183)
… March 21, 2016. Background The Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District is located in Westchester County. … Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Union Free School District Internal Controls Over Wire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/22/hawthorne-cedar-knolls-union-free-school-district-internal-controls-overEdgemont Union Free School District – Procurement of Professional Services (2016M-126)
… County. The District, which operates three schools with approximately 1,900 students, is governed by an elected …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/01/edgemont-union-free-school-district-procurement-professional-servicesEast Moriches Union Free School District -- Budget Review (B7-16-3)
… District is located in Suffolk County. Pursuant to Chapter 354 of the Laws of 2006, the State Legislature authorized the … The District’s tentative budget complies with the tax levy limit. Key Recommendations This budget review did not contain …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/04/01/east-moriches-union-free-school-district-budget-review-b7-16-3East Meadow Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2015M-332)
… The East Meadow Union Free School District is located in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County. The District, which … requirements and use the surplus unrestricted fund balance in a manner that benefits District residents. Discontinue the practice of adopting budgets that result in the appropriation of unrestricted fund balance that is not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/02/26/east-meadow-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2015m-332Niagara Falls City School District – Fuel Accountability (2015M-178)
… period July 1, 2013 through May 22, 2015. Background The Niagara Falls City School District is located in Niagara … Niagara Falls City School District Fuel Accountability …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/11/13/niagara-falls-city-school-district-fuel-accountability-2015m-178Cato-Meridian Central School District – Procurement of Professional Services (2016M-13)
… The Cato-Meridian Central School District is located in the Towns of Cato, Conquest, Ira, Sterling and Victory in Cayuga County, the Towns of Granby and Hannibal in Oswego County, the Town of Lysander in Onondaga County and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/05/27/cato-meridian-central-school-district-procurement-professional-servicesMonroe 2-Orleans Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Software Management (2015M-56)
… Services maintains a main campus in the Village of Spencerport, Monroe County, and satellite campuses throughout …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2015/09/04/monroe-2-orleans-board-cooperative-educational-services-software-management-2015mNew Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District – Financial Management (2014M-7)
… City Park Union Free School District is located in the Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead in Nassau County. The District operates four schools with … Key Findings The District overestimated expenditures in its adopted budgets and then used $3.5 million of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/06/20/new-hyde-park-garden-city-park-union-free-school-district-financialCortland Enlarged City School District - Budget Review (B4-15-12)
… Purpose of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to provide an independent evaluation of the … Cortland Enlarged City School District Budget Review B41512 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/04/15/cortland-enlarged-city-school-district-budget-review-b4-15-12Commack Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Fuel Inventory (2015M-90)
… financial condition and controls over fuel inventory for the period July 1, 2013 through November 30, 2014. … with more than 6,900 students. Budgeted appropriations for the 2014-15 fiscal year totaled approximately $183.2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/07/31/commack-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-fuel-inventoryGeneral Brown Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-216)
… and Watertown and the City of Watertown in Jefferson County. The District, which is governed by an elected … $21 million. Key Findings The Board has balanced recent budgets with appropriations of fund balance and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/10/24/general-brown-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-216Bolivar-Richburg Central School District - Financial Management (2019M-17)
… Adopt budgets that include reasonable estimates for appropriations and the amount of fund balance that will … a comprehensive written reserve policy, including plans for the use of reserves in accordance with applicable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/07/bolivar-richburg-central-school-district-financial-management-2019m-17Newburgh Enlarged City School District - Financial Management and Information Technology (2017M-169)
… and protected against unauthorized use, access and loss. Key Findings Appropriations were overestimated resulting in … were communicated confidentially to District officials. Key Recommendations Adopt budgets with reasonably estimated … with statutory requirements. Ensure all electronic and digital equipment are inventoried and devices purchased are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/07/newburgh-enlarged-city-school-district-financial-management-andEast Ramapo Central School District - Nonpublic School Transportation (2019M-107)
… documentation for 300 students. The documentation for 93 of these students was missing and we found deficiencies such as no proof of address for 54 of the 193 new students’ applications and … Private Contractors (YPCs) on a per-student basis to transport 717 (or $495,499) more students than were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/11/20/east-ramapo-central-school-district-nonpublic-school-transportation-2019mWyandanch Union Free School District - Professional Services, Administrative Expenses and Fuel Inventory (2018M-24)
… for fuel inventories. District officials generally agreed with our recommendations and indicated they are in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/08/17/wyandanch-union-free-school-district-professional-services-administrativeDiNapoli: Tax Cap Set at 2% in 2024
… governments and their budgets. As local governments spend down their one-time federal pandemic assistance, officials … to carefully develop and balance their budgets for the coming year.” In accordance with state law, DiNapoli’s office …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-set-2-percent-2024Legal and Regulatory Authority To Do Business
… a prospective vendors legal and regulatory authority to do business …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-vendors/vendrep/legal-and-regulatory-authority-do-businessOpinion 90-31
… majority of quorum) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §353-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §41; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10(1): A … jointly, and as their joint agent, to have charge of the construction, equipment, maintenance and operation of the … needed for the committee to act. Section 41 of the General Construction Law, however, provides that whenever three or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-31