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Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act - Safety Plans - 2019-MS-1
… have a safety plan. Eighteen schools did not have a safety team or did not have all the required members. No school met … (boards) must: Appoint all required members to the safety team. Adopt the safety plan annually by September 1 after … The Chief Emergency Officer must ensure that: The safety team develops a plan and annually reviews and updates it …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2019/07/25/safe-schools-against-violence-education-save-act-safety-plans-2019-ms-1DiNapoli: Former Riverside Village Clerk Sentenced to Jail for $50K Theft
… clerk-treasurer Kristina Johnson was sentenced to jail time for repeatedly stealing village funds to cover her … expenses, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli announced today. Johnson was sentenced to 60 days in jail, five years … clerktreasurer Kristina Johnson was sentenced to jail time for repeatedly stealing village funds to cover her …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/dinapoli-former-riverside-village-clerk-sentenced-jail-50k-theftFormer Perry Ambulance Service Manager Pleads Guilty To Larceny
… from December 2014 to August 2017. Conaway, 50, of Silver Springs, was released after her first court appearance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/01/former-perry-ambulance-service-manager-pleads-guilty-larcenyState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… ensure that certain credit card charges were supported, for appropriate purposes or paid timely. In addition, the … also incurred penalty charges totaling approximately $390 for late payments and $190 for interest. Hudson Housing Authority – Information …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… As a result, the general fund realized operating deficits in four of the five years and general fund balance declined from $61,710 to $3,491. In addition, the board did not properly authorize a local law … spending, the state's 170,000 contracts, billions in state payments and public authority data. Visit the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsTown of Benson – Financial Condition (2013M-77)
… our audit was to evaluate the Town’s financial condition for the period January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012. … The Town’s 2012 budgeted expenditures totaled $226,742 for the general fund and $222,402 for the highway fund. Key Finding The Board is not able to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/07/19/town-benson-financial-condition-2013m-77College at Cortland – Selected Employee Travel Expenses
… and under the control of agency management, include car rentals, meals, lodging, transportation, fuel, and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2013/02/13/college-cortland-selected-employee-travel-expensesComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… questionable payments to members of the town supervisor’s family. For example, the supervisor’s wife was paid $4,186 as a town court recorder in 2013 with no board approval of her salary … bank reconciliations, maintain timely and accurate cash records, or submit monthly reports to the state Justice Court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-1Opinion 90-60
… purchase contract to finance recycling center under General Municipal Law, §120-w) PUBLIC CONTRACTS -- … (to finance construction of recycling center under General Municipal Law, §120-w) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§109-b, 120-w: A county may enter … Whether an agreement would violate General Municipal Law 109b …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-60Opinion 89-32
… treasurer has a prohibited conflict of interest in a lease pursuant to which the county rents a gravel pit from a … the treasurer does not have a prohibited interest in the lease, the treasurer's interest must be disclosed. You ask … of interest by virtue of the county's renewal of a lease of a gravel pit from a corporation of which the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-89-32Opinion 92-9
… one hundred dollars per day. Reimbursement is authorized only when, among other circumstances: the volunteer has been … under which a non-party witness may be deposed). It is only when the individual to be deposed is neither a party nor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-92-9Opinion 98-1
… that the contracts authorized by section 99-r include only those by which a municipal corporation provides a … available to all individuals within the county, but rather only to a class of county residents. Accordingly, it is our …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-1Opinion 2000-6
… FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (funding length of service award program) VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- … to Insurance Law §§9104 and 9105 may not be used to fund a length of service award program established by a village for members of the village fire department. You ask whether …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-6XII.6.I Paying a Non-State Employee – XII. Expenditures
… Statement: State agencies must appropriately classify workers as either employees or independent contractors so the workers are properly taxed. The Internal Revenue Service’s … circumstances that apply to a group of similarly situated workers, then Business Units may make and document one worker …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii6i-paying-non-state-employeeDayton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2012M-337)
… of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether Company controls are adequate to ensure that financial … activity is properly recorded and reported and that Company moneys are safeguarded for the period January 1, 2012 … October 21, 2013. Background The Dayton Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. is located in the Town Dayton in Cattaraugus …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/02/12/dayton-volunteer-fire-company-inc-internal-controls-over-financialWhite Lake Fire District – Budgeting Practices (2013M-156)
… general fund budget totaled $234,950 for the 2013 fiscal year. Key Findings The Board has not properly developed its … budgets with these trends in mind. Throughout the fiscal year, the Board did not monitor budget performance or adjust … and expenditures. Monitor the budget throughout the year and amend budget lines before appropriations exceed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/08/30/white-lake-fire-district-budgeting-practices-2013m-156Halfmoon-Waterford Fire District No. 1 – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-71)
… and 2011. We found that the 2010 and 2011 AUD were filed 576 and 276 days late, respectively. However, the District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2013/05/03/halfmoon-waterford-fire-district-no-1-internal-controls-over-financialState Agencies Bulletin No. 953
To inform agencies of changes to the General Comments page
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/953-changes-general-comments-page-payservTown of Canandaigua – Fund Balance, Water Operations and Information Technology (2017M-109)
… of appropriated fund balance and reserves as a financing source from 2014 through 2016, the more than $1 million in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2017/09/29/town-canandaigua-fund-balance-water-operations-and-information-technology-2017m-109City of Rye – Boat Basin Fund (2013M-289)
… Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the City’s Boat Basin fund financial operations for the period of … a six-member City Council. For the 2012 fiscal year, the Boat Basin had revenue of approximately $670,000. Key Finding The City’s Boat Basin operations are generally operating efficiently. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2014/01/03/city-rye-boat-basin-fund-2013m-289