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Lancaster Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-37)
… funds. Key Findings The Board and District officials did not properly manage fund balance and reserve funds. The Board … Did not implement our prior audit’s recommendations 1 to improve their budgeting practices and be more transparent … not use a debt reserve, with a balance of $8.3 million, to pay debt as required. These practices resulted in real …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/05/lancaster-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-37Village of Hewlett Neck – Financial Management (2022M-35)
… through 2020-21 ranging between $364,415 in 2017-18 (100 percent of the ensuing year’s budget), and $445,858 in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2022/07/08/village-hewlett-neck-financial-management-2022m-35City of Dunkirk – Billing Enforcement (2020M-117)
… report - pdf ] Audit Objective Determine whether City of Dunkirk (City) officials properly enforced and monitored … 2019. Charge penalties in accordance with the Code. Of the 30 accounts reviewed, approximately $39,700 in … Key Recommendations Ensure that all delinquent accounts as of January 31 are included on the relevy. Assess penalties …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/06/11/city-dunkirk-billing-enforcement-2020m-117South Lewis Central School District – Conflicts of Interest (2021M-3)
… District (District) officials had prohibited interests in District contracts. Key Findings Three Board members had prohibited interests in contracts that the District awarded totaling more than $22 … to the District totaling $17,446. Due to deficiencies in the District’s conflict of interest disclosure forms and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/07/30/south-lewis-central-school-district-conflicts-interest-2021m-3Town of North Norwich – Budgeting (2015M-54)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine if Town officials effectively … 1, 2013 through December 12, 2014. Background The Town of North Norwich is located in Chenango County and has a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2015/07/31/town-north-norwich-budgeting-2015m-54Town of Rensselaerville - Real Property Tax Exemption Administration (2019M-207)
… approximately $2.4 million in assessed value, lacked one or more pieces of supporting documentation to verify their eligibility and/or were incorrectly granted or calculated. Ten agricultural building exemptions lacked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/01/10/town-rensselaerville-real-property-tax-exemption-administration-2019m-207East Islip Union Free School District - Financial Condition Management (2020M-24)
Determine whether the Board and District officials provided adequate oversight and management of the Districts budget and financial condition
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/05/01/east-islip-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-managementEast Irondequoit Central School District - Payroll and Leave Accruals (2019M-92)
… occurred in the leave records maintained for 13 of the 26 (50 percent) employees tested. Key Recommendations District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/11/15/east-irondequoit-central-school-district-payroll-and-leave-accruals-2019mEast 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 no proof of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/11/20/east-ramapo-central-school-district-nonpublic-school-transportation-2019mGreenville Fire District - Fixed Assets (2019M-223)
… price, date placed in service, useful life and serial numbers. District officials generally agreed with our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2020/02/28/greenville-fire-district-fixed-assets-2019m-223Town of Cohocton – Town Clerk Cash Shortage (2014M-325)
… The Clerk did not remit interest and penalties collected on the late payment of taxes to the Supervisor as required. … tax collections, including penalties, to the Supervisor on a weekly basis. Accurately record all collections in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2015/05/15/town-cohocton-town-clerk-cash-shortage-2014m-325Schenectady City School District – Financial Condition (2014M-168)
… financial condition for the period July 1, 2011 through March 13, 2014. Background The Schenectady City School …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/08/29/schenectady-city-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-168Town of Stafford – Capital Projects (2024M-17)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Stafford (Town) Town Board (Board) properly authorized and … to manage the capital projects, the Board was not aware of project overruns, cash flow issues or financing source … the Board created a taxpayer equity issue when a portion of the costs to construct water districts was paid for by …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/07/12/town-stafford-capital-projects-2024m-17State Agencies Bulletin No. 285
… for the current year's exemption are to be retained in the employee's payroll office. Agency Actions A report (NPAY738) identifying employees in your agency claiming Federal and/or State exempt status is available in Reveal. If any employee identified as claiming exempt from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/285-claiming-exemption-withholding-taxVillage of Quogue – Justice Court (2015M-18)
… our audit was to examine the Court’s financial operations for the period June 1, 2012 through February 28, 2014. … totaling $35,955 on deposit, of which only $8,550 was for current cases. Receipts were not deposited in a timely manner and all receipts were not accounted for. Monthly bank reconciliations were performed incorrectly, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/05/08/village-quogue-justice-court-2015m-18Town of Chemung – Intermunicipal Consolidation Agreement (2022M-207)
… not establish procedures to evaluate labor costs by town. For example: Timecard information was not used to monitor labor costs for services provided to Ashland. Highway employees’ … labor costs. Key Recommendations Track labor hours worked for each town to determine Ashland’s cost of services. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/04/21/town-chemung-intermunicipal-consolidation-agreement-2022m-207X.3 Overview – X. Guide to Vendor/Customer Management
… the agency with guidance on how to: use the Vendor Add Portal in the Statewide Financial System (SFS) to directly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-x/x3-overviewIX.7.K Record Retention – IX. Federal Grants
… State agency retention and access to records must be in full … General Retention and Disposition Schedule for New York State Government Records as published by the New York State … Federal Payment Management Team, at FederalGrants@osc.ny.gov . Guide to Financial Operations REV. 05/17/2022 … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ix/ix7k-record-retentionSouth Butler Fire District – Board Oversight of Financial Operations (2020M-155)
… whether the South Butler Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) provided adequate oversight of the District’s financial operations. Key Findings The Board did not provide adequate oversight of the District’s financial operations and did not adopt or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2021/04/30/south-butler-fire-district-board-oversight-financial-operations-2020m-155Contract Advisory No. 29
… Submission System (EDSS) Hosting Access (AC3347) form for the required EDSS system access. For more information on receiving EDSS training and access, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/contract-advisory/29-electronic-documents-submission-system-edss-host-agency