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Village of Waterford – Board Oversight (2022M-70)
… prepared, retained and reviewed. Ensure all claims paid in advance were for allowable purposes, audit claims paid in advance of audit at the next regular Board meeting, or ensure annual audits were conducted in a timely manner. Key Recommendations Establish sufficient …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2022/07/29/village-waterford-board-oversight-2022m-70Sidney Central School District - Financial Management (2019M-243)
… three fiscal years, ranging from 4.7 percentage points to 8.9 percentage points over the limit. The Board and … Review reserve fund balances and reduce them to reasonable levels, as appropriate, in accordance with … recommendations and indicated they have taken, or planned to take, corrective action. … Determine whether the Board and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/03/13/sidney-central-school-district-financial-management-2019m-243Town of DePeyster – Town Clerk Operation-Tax Collection (2015M-91)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the Clerk’s records and procedures for tax collection for the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2015/10/26/town-depeyster-town-clerk-operation-tax-collection-2015m-91Town of Stafford – Capital Projects (2024M-17)
… firm (Engineer) and a financial advisor (Advisor) to manage the capital projects, the Board was not aware of … a taxpayer equity issue when a portion of the costs to construct water districts was paid for by taxpayers not … records or prepare monthly itemized capital project budget-to-actual reports for the Board. Include eligible …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/07/12/town-stafford-capital-projects-2024m-17South Butler Fire District – Board Oversight of Financial Operations (2020M-155)
… action. Appendix B includes our comments on issues raised in the District’s response. … Determine whether the South …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/04/30/south-butler-fire-district-board-oversight-financial-operations-2020m-155Yonkers City School District – Fixed Assets (2015M-229)
… 10 could not be located, nine could not be located on an asset list and 20 that were recorded as disposed of did …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/12/11/yonkers-city-school-district-fixed-assets-2015m-229Opinion 91-47
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … subsequent court cases or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FEES -- Court Fees … You advise that presently the practice throughout the State is not uniform. Some courts, we understand, do not view …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-47State Agencies Bulletin No. 1971.3
… new employees hired on or after January 1, 2023, who to not have an active direct deposit balance row present in the … Query, the query should be run with the department ID you are auditing and a date prompt of the last day the query …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19713-direct-deposit-guidance-and-audit-queryNew York State Rent Relief Funding: Spotlight on New York City
… Among these, 30 percent were Hispanic, 27 percent were White, 20 percent were Black and 18 percent were Asian. … to the OTDA’s website, although a number of instructional videos were still dated prior to the launch of the … Brooklyn. All five of these neighborhoods are majority non-White and have lower rates of college education than the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/osdc/new-york-state-rent-relief-funding-spotlight-new-york-cityXII.6.A.A Using the Real Estate Module to Pay Lease Vouchers – XII. Expenditures
… total cost of occupancy. In the event a Business Unit must pay a vendor for a normal, fixed cost (e.g., base rent) and a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6aa-using-real-estate-module-pay-lease-vouchersRisk Assessment and Implementation of Measures to Address Extreme Weather Conditions
… & Tunnels (B&T), MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus), and New York City Transit-Department of Buses (Transit … eight by MTA Bus. The Bus Command Center (BCC), located in East New York, Brooklyn, is responsible for overseeing all … of MTA Bus. In 2007, the Chair of the MTA appointed a Blue Ribbon Commission on Sustainability and the MTA (Blue …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2025/01/02/risk-assessment-and-implementation-measures-address-extreme-weather-conditionsAnnual Financial Report
… of adopted budget information. Previously, information from enterprise fund budgets was not required. Reporting of … the changes in Statement of Indebtedness reporting from the current AUD to the new AFR: Current Annual Update … include refunded amounts. Any refunded portion of a bond or bond anticipation note is reported on a separate line from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/annual-financial-reportOpinion 98-7
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. BOND AND NOTES -- Periods of Probable … time. At the time of replacement, each car would have been in service for about six years. You also ask whether a fire … to control the traffic signal at the intersection in order to reduce the possibility of accidents involving …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-7Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Program Implementation (Follow-Up)
… the extent of implementation of the recommendations in our initial audit report, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Program Implementation (Report 2015-S-81 ) . … service-related disability rating of 10 percent or greater from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Act also …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/04/16/service-disabled-veteran-owned-business-program-implementation-followMiddle Island Fire District – Budgeting Practices (2013M-93)
… to their calculation to ensure that the District does not exceed the maximum amount which may be expended …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/07/05/middle-island-fire-district-budgeting-practices-2013m-93Jericho Union Free School District – Financial Management (2016M-328)
… The Jericho Union Free School District is located in the Towns of Oyster Bay and North Hempstead, Nassau … from $9.8 to $12.4 million – for three of the four years in our audit period (2012-13 through 2014-15). The District's … the District maintained an average balance of $1.1 million in this fund over the past four fiscal years. However, the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/30/jericho-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2016m-328Kiryas Joel Union Free School District – Financial Condition and Selected Employee Reimbursements (2016M-331)
… March 16, 2016. Background The Kiryas Joel Union Free School District is located in the Village of Kiryas Joel, … by an elected five-member Board of Education, operates one school with approximately 200 special needs students and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/03/03/kiryas-joel-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-and-selectedXI-A.4 Procurement Card Use – XI-A. Purchasing
… This section provides agencies with policy and guidance on purchasing and paying with a Procurement Card (PCard) and … contracts because expenditures are not captured on the year-to-date and life-to-date amounts on the contract. In addition, for all single purchases of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xia/xi-a4-procurement-card-useCentral Square Central School District – Fund Balance (2022M-196)
… by about $8 million (9.2 percentage points) as of June 30, 2021. While officials reported that the District’s surplus … employee benefit accrued liability reserve. As of June 30, 2021, the reserve had a balance of $3.6 million that exceeded …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/10/central-square-central-school-district-fund-balance-2022m-196Thousand Islands Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-201)
… balance and reserves. As a result, officials have withheld funds from productive use and may have missed opportunities … Adopt budgets that include reasonable estimates for appropriations and appropriated fund balance. Reduce … with the statutory limit. Return improperly restricted funds to the general fund and use the debt reserve to pay …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/09/thousand-islands-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-201