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Eaton No. 1 Fire District – Board Oversight (2024M-4)
… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Eaton No. 1 Fire District (District) officials adequately monitored … or maintain appropriate records and reports. The Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) did not: Ensure basic accounting … Determine whether the Eaton No 1 Fire District District officials adequately monitored …
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
… P. DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Franklin Square and Munson Fire District, Greater Syracuse Property Development Corporation, Village of Mayfield, Village of Newport and the Wassaic Fire District. "In today’s fiscal … P DiNapoli today announced his office completed audits of Franklin Square and Munson Fire District Greater Syracuse …
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