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Eaton No. 1 Fire District – Board Oversight (2024M-4)
… officials adequately monitored financial activity and ensured appropriate records and reports were maintained. Key Findings District … financial activities or maintain appropriate records and reports. The Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) did … District officials adequately monitored financial activity and ensured appropriate records and reports were maintained …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2024/05/17/eaton-no-1-fire-district-board-oversight-2024m-4Town of Brownville Joint Fire District - Board Oversight (2018M-207)
Determine whether the Board provided adequate oversight of District financial operations
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2019/01/25/town-brownville-joint-fire-district-board-oversight-2018m-207East Bloomfield Fire District – Financial Operations (2017M-154)
… written procedures or proper internal controls over hall rentals. Key Recommendations Update the procurement … IT. Develop policies and procedures for the collection of hall rental deposits and receipts, which include involvement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/11/17/east-bloomfield-fire-district-financial-operations-2017m-154Richford Fire District – Long-Term Planning and Board Oversight (2024M-55)
… Determine whether the Richford Fire District District Board of Commissioners Board established …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2024/09/06/richford-fire-district-long-term-planning-and-board-oversight-2024m-55Slaterville Springs Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-315)
… some controls, some key components were lacking. For example, the Board did not review the Treasurer’s monthly bank reconciliations and no one compared the financial … activity recorded to the bank statements and/or cancelled check images on a monthly basis. The required annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/01/24/slaterville-springs-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financialCircleville Fire District – Board Oversight (2013M-343)
… the Board’s oversight of selected financial activities for the period January 1, 2012 through August 18, 2013. … governs the District. The District’s general fund budget for the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years were $626,319 and … has not entered into an agreement with the District’s bank for electronic transfers. The treasurer performed online …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/03/07/circleville-fire-district-board-oversight-2013m-343South Fallsburg Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-181)
… period January 1, 2012, to May 13, 2013. Background The South Fallsburg Fire District is a district corporation of … the Treasurer identifies checks that have cleared the bank, he does not perform proper bank reconciliations. The Board contracts with an independent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/09/13/south-fallsburg-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financial-operationsDiNapoli: Wallkill Fire District Board Chair Charged with Stealing $240,000
… the Wallkill Fire District’s Board of Fire Commissioners was charged this morning with stealing nearly $240,000 in a … blank checks which he later cashed for personal use. He was arraigned this morning in Shawangunk Town Court. “This … used to support his lifestyle instead of the taxpayers he was elected to serve,” DiNapoli said. “What this fire …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-wallkill-fire-district-board-chair-charged-stealing-240000State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… not always contain work-in-progress status and an activity history was not retained for each property. Village of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/05/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsOpinion 96-10
… FUNDS -- Capital Reserve Fund (transfer into general fund) FIRE DISTRICTS -- Powers and Duties (transfer from capital … general fund prohibited) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §6-g: A fire district board of commissioners may not authorize the … the unexpended balance of a capital reserve fund into the fire district's general fund. It may, however, authorize a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-10Opinion 96-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was … equal to the previous annual principal payment on the bond issue. The moneys would be accumulated for a future … Whether the fire district may include in future years budgets an …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-24Colesville-Windsor Fire District – Board Oversight (2025M-74)
… safety, liquidity and yield. Completing fiscal oversight training that helps ensure that Commissioners are positioned … in Appendix B. We conducted this audit pursuant to Article V, Section 1 of the State Constitution and the State Comptroller’s authority as set forth in Article 3 of the New York State General Municipal Law. Our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/12/24/colesville-windsor-fire-district-board-oversight-2025m-74Opinion 88-56
… bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Purchases and Sales (fire district commissioner … with the district, does not have a prohibited conflict of interest in purchase contracts between the firm and the … with the district would have a prohibited conflict of interest in contracts between the firm and the district. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-56DiNapoli Announces Staff Appointments
… of New York at Plattsburgh. He lives in Scotia. Please email [email protected] for photos of staff. Find out how … payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract FOIL requests, bid protest decisions and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2019/10/dinapoli-announces-staff-appointmentsBooks and Rattles, Inc. – Compliance With the Reimbursable Cost Manual
… sufficiently documented pursuant to the State Education Department’s (SED) Reimbursable Cost Manual (Manual). The … authorized by SED to provide full-day Special Class (SC) and full-day Special Class in an Integrated Setting … to children with disabilities who are between the ages of three and five years. For purposes of this report, these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2017/01/03/books-and-rattles-inc-compliance-reimbursable-cost-manualComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… Diversions for Maintenance and Capital Projects (2014-F-10) An initial report issued in July 2011 determined that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/09/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits-0Opinion 90-57
… views if, among other things, there have been subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues … five years, and may be renewed subject to certain public hearing requirements (see Town Law, §§176[22], 184[2]-[4]). … 11-A has been challenged (see Caruso v State of New York , Supreme Court, Albany County). January 8, 1991 Jorge Batlle, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-57Opinion 97-19
… as officer and stockholder of insurance agency) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3), 801, 803; TOWN LAW, §177: A fire … The interest must be disclosed pursuant to General Municipal Law, §803, but is not prohibited. You ask whether a … 5% or more of the outstanding stock of the agency. General Municipal Law, Article 18 (§800 et seq .) contains provisions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-19Opinion 96-19
… and construction of building for use as town hall and fire station) MUNICIPAL COOPERATION -- Capital Improvements (joint … of a building to be used as town hall and fire station) -- Real Property (joint acquisition of real property … and construction of building for use as town hall and fire station) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §119-o; TOWN LAW, §§64(2), …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-19Opinion 88-22
… residents. You state that the town is constructing sewage treatment plants in two sewer districts and has applied for … priority on a project which provides for the use of sewage treatment plant lands for certain other purposes than a project which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-22