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Saranac Central School District – Tuition Billing and Collections (2023M-90)
… foster care students enrolled at the District. As of March 27, 2023, the District had not collected $59,336 of tuition billed and did not bill $4,345 for tuition due. As a result, the District had not been paid $63,681 of the $107,167 (59 percent) in tuition owed to the District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/12/22/saranac-central-school-district-tuition-billing-and-collections-2023m-90Orleans/Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Capital Assets (2023M-103)
… 27, purchased for $33,349, were not recorded in the capital asset records. 13, purchased for $22,099, were … not verify whether capital asset purchases were recorded in the records. They also did not investigate discrepancies … the capital asset records when exceptions were found in the June 2022 fiscal year-end physical inventory. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2023/12/15/orleansniagara-board-cooperative-educational-services-capital-assets-2023m-103Village of Suffern – Budget Review (B8-15-13)
… are reasonable. The adopted budget relies on a 16 percent property tax increase to finance the general fund budget deficiencies … because there are no other sources available to reduce the property tax levy, such as fund balance. For 2013-14, there …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/05/22/village-suffern-budget-review-b8-15-13DiNapoli Announces Robin Lois to Oversee Local Government Division
State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli today announced the appointment of former Dutchess County Comptroller Robin Lois as the Deputy Comptroller of Local Government School Accountability
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/01/dinapoli-announces-robin-lois-oversee-local-government-divisionWest Genesee Central School District - Capital Assets (2023M-128)
… asset records on an annual basis thereafter. As a result, officials may be unable to identify lost or stolen … property. 27 assets could not be located including 18 with a total cost of $50,905 and nine with no documented …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/02/16/west-genesee-central-school-district-capital-assets-2023m-128Village of Endicott – Budget Review (B4-15-11)
… of Budget Review The purpose of our budget review was to determine whether the significant revenue and expenditure … Local Finance Law requires all local governments that have been authorized to issue obligations to fund operating … The water and sewer funds’ tentative budgets are not balanced and include a deficit of approximately $257,000 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/04/13/village-endicott-budget-review-b4-15-11State Agencies Bulletin No. 298
… Purpose To notify Agencies of the following changes to Deferred Compensation rules, rates, and limits effective 01-01-2002. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/298-changes-processing-deferred-compensation-calendar-year-2002Review of Credit Card Expenses at Finger Lakes DDSO
… for coordinating services for approximately 1,500 persons with developmental disabilities living in 150 group homes … purchasing food and household items. If necessary, work with OSC Bureau of Contracts to establish a formal contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/06/12/review-credit-card-expenses-finger-lakes-ddsoXII.7.C Reprocessing an OSC Denied Voucher – XII. Expenditures
… a voucher that has been rejected by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC), the Business Unit should address all … the funding. The option that OSC chooses will depend on the exact nature of the situation. Depending on which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii7c-reprocessing-osc-denied-voucherDiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Sentenced to Jail for $50K Theft
… five years probation and ordered to pay full restitution of $50,000 to the village. “Too many public servants confuse … to do so because village officials provided no oversight of her fiscal activities. The audit prompted the village to … fight fraud and abuse. New Yorkers can report allegations of fraud involving taxpayer money by calling the toll-free …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-sentenced-jail-50k-theftBolton Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-58)
… the Board appropriated more than $690,000 of unexpended surplus funds each year, for a total exceeding $2.1 million … the District has accumulated considerable unexpended surplus funds up to four times the amount allowed by statute. … However, the plan does not reduce the excessive unexpended surplus funds in a manner that benefits the taxpayers. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/05/31/bolton-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-58Andover Central School District – Internal Controls Over Reserve Funds (2013M-162)
… Background The Andover Central School District is located in Allegany and Steuben Counties. The District is governed by … the annual report prepared by the Business Administrator does not include a summary statement. As a result, the … limited. Currently the District has more than $1 million in a debt service reserve that District officials could not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/09/13/andover-central-school-district-internal-controls-over-reserve-fundsWyandanch Union Free School District – Budget Review (B21-7-1)
… 2021-22 budget. Background The Wyandanch Union Free School District (District) is located in Suffolk County. … 30, 2019. Under Local Finance Law Section 10.10(d), when a school district is authorized by a special or general law to … each year, starting with the fiscal year during which the school district is authorized to issue the deficit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/04/09/wyandanch-union-free-school-district-budget-review-b21-7-1Hadley-Luzerne Joint Youth Commission – Governance and Cash Receipts (2016M-262)
… The purpose of our audit was to examine Board oversight of Commission operations and the cash receipts process for the … annual budgets and all Commission salaries, wages and pay rates. Adopt policies and procedures for the cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/joint-activity/2016/12/30/hadley-luzerne-joint-youth-commission-governance-and-cash-receipts-2016mState Comptroller Releases Municipal Audits
… state's 180,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-releases-municipal-auditsWhat Is a Claim? – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… Basically, a claim is a demand presented for the payment of money due for goods … that have been provided. A claim generally must be in writing and can be in any reasonable form prescribed by the local government or school district, so long as it is properly itemized and provides all the information, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/what-claimSandy Creek Central School District – Cafeteria Operations (2016M-354)
… Audit The purpose of our audit was to analyze the school lunch fund’s financial condition for the period July 1, 2015 … elected seven-member Board of Education. Budgeted school lunch appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year total … averaged $169,000 annually, been paid from the school lunch fund, the fund’s average annual operating deficit would …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/30/sandy-creek-central-school-district-cafeteria-operations-2016m-354Williamsville Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-274)
… The Williamsville Central School District is located in the Towns of Amherst, Clarence and Cheektowaga in Erie County. The District, which operates 13 schools with … at a level greater than needed and ensure that estimates in the annual budget for the planned use of fund balance are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/02/williamsville-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-274Orleans Niagara Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Financial Management (2016M-72)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the BOCES’ management of financial activities for the period July 1, 2011 through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/08/18/orleans-niagara-board-cooperative-educational-services-financial-management-2016mRed Hook Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-105)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s financial management for the period … consider how the overall actual results or trends compare to the current budget for departmental budgets. As a result, … District has four reserve funds which have not been used to fund any payments over the five-year period from 2010-11 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/03/red-hook-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-105