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Town of Oneonta – Town Clerk (2021M-59)
… 30, 2020, the Clerk’s bank account held an unaccounted for and unremitted cash balance of $262. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/07/02/town-oneonta-town-clerk-2021m-59City of Johnstown – Financial Management (2020M-134)
… maintained accurate and complete financial information to adequately manage operations. Key Findings City officials … not maintain accurate and complete financial information to adequately manage operations. The City Treasurer … (Council) did not have accurate financial information to monitor the City’s financial condition, and does not know …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2021/03/19/city-johnstown-financial-management-2020m-134Town of New Castle - Recreation Department Cash Receipts (2020M-19)
… [read complete report - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether payments … comprehensive cash collections policy to provide guidance for payments received at the Department. The Department did not receipt and remit money in a timely manner. For remittances made in May 2018 and May 2019, the Department …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/03/20/town-new-castle-recreation-department-cash-receipts-2020m-19Town of Bennington - Financial Management (2019M-249)
Determine whether officials properly managed finances by ensuring budget estimates were realistic establishing multiyear financial and capital plans
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/03/13/town-bennington-financial-management-2019m-249Town of Stanford – Financial Management (2021M-130)
… over the prior year and levied more taxes than necessary to fund general fund operations. Exceeded its fund balance … officials generally agreed with our recommendations and have initiated or indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. Appendix B includes our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/09/24/town-stanford-financial-management-2021m-130New Hartford Central School District – Payroll (2021M-149)
… officials ensured the District accurately paid employees’ salary and wages. Key Findings Our audit found that District … District officials to strengthen internal controls over payroll. Officials did not: Adequately segregate the duties … of or establish adequate compensating controls over the payroll clerk who could add new employees to the financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/new-hartford-central-school-district-payroll-2021m-149III.6 SFS Reporting – III. Statewide Financial System (SFS)
… to filter data and to output the results in a format that best meets their individual needs. The Reporting Tools - … data and to pull out desired information in a format that best meets their individual needs. Real-time reporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-iii/iii6-sfs-reportingII.4 New York State Financial Accounting – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… New York State Financial Accounting standards are used in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii4-new-york-state-financial-accountingEast Ramapo Central School District - Textbooks Loaned to Nonpublic School Students (2019M-171)
… and maintained an inventory of textbooks loaned to nonpublic school students. Key Findings The District did not have adequate systems in place to verify that textbooks purchased for and loaned to nonpublic schools were only provided to eligible students. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/08/03/east-ramapo-central-school-district-textbooks-loaned-nonpublic-schoolNew York Mills Union Free School District – Procurement (2020M-79)
Determine whether District officials sought competition for the purchase of good and services not subject to competitive bidding
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/10/02/new-york-mills-union-free-school-district-procurement-2020m-79Western Suffolk Board of Cooperative Educational Services - Clerical Overtime (2023M-124)
… practice of verbally preapproving overtime, rather than in writing, does not provide support that the overtime we … Ensure all non-emergency overtime is approved in writing prior to work being performed and document why the … officials disagreed with certain aspects of our findings in our report, but indicated they planned to implement our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/03/29/western-suffolk-board-cooperative-educational-services-clerical-overtime-2023m-124Garden City Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (2023M-161)
… are adequately accounted for and would be detected if lost, stolen or misused. We selected 60 IT assets from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/22/garden-city-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-2023m-161North Babylon Union Free School District – Online Banking (2023M-156)
… Union Free School District (District) officials ensured online banking transactions were appropriate and secure. Key Findings While we determined that online banking transactions were appropriate, the Board of … Law (GML) Section 5-a and must improve controls over online banking to ensure these transactions are secure. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/14/north-babylon-union-free-school-district-online-banking-2023m-156Pembroke Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2023M-136)
… all ECA funds were properly used. For example: One club advisor did not deposit more than $3,500 in club fundraising activities until our audit began, which was more than six months after the club’s fundraising activity had taken place. The supporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/04/19/pembroke-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-funds-2023m-136Town of Lincoln - Town Clerk (2023M-31)
… Clerk (Clerk) properly accounted for, deposited, reported and remitted collections. Key Findings The former Clerk did … or remit collections. When receipts are not accurately and promptly recorded or deposited, officials do not have … did not perform an annual audit of the former Clerk’s records, as required. In July 2023, the former Clerk was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/04/12/town-lincoln-town-clerk-2023m-31Village of Hunter – Financial Operations (2023M-164)
Determine whether the Village of Hunter Village Board of Trustees Board and ClerkTreasurer properly managed Village financial operations
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2024/04/05/village-hunter-financial-operations-2023m-164Rye City School District – Payroll (2024M-2)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Rye City School District (District) officials ensured overtime … the District’s response letter. … Determine whether Rye City School District District officials ensured overtime was …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/21/rye-city-school-district-payroll-2024m-2Worcester Central School District - Fund Balance Management (2022M-75)
… limit in each of the last five fiscal years by $490,000 to $1.8 million, or 4.3 to 15.7 percentage points. Real property tax levies were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/09/02/worcester-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2022m-75Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2022M-47)
… fund balance exceeded the 4 percent statutory limit in each of the last three fiscal years by 4.8 to 10.1 … the District’s reserves were not reasonably funded or used in the last three years. Maintaining reserves that were not … fund balance that exceeded the statutory limit resulted in real property tax levies being higher than necessary. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/08/12/cobleskill-richmondville-central-school-district-fund-balance-managementMount Morris Central School District – Online Banking (2022M-99)
… Central School District (District) officials ensured online banking transactions were appropriate and secure. Key Findings While we found online banking transactions were appropriate, District officials did not secure access to online banking. In addition to sensitive information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/04/mount-morris-central-school-district-online-banking-2022m-99