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Central Valley Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-7)
… safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings District … officials cannot assure taxpayers that money invested in IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. We … one with an estimated cost of $600, were not inventoried. In addition, annual inventories were not conducted and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/central-valley-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-7Walton Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-24)
… safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings District … officials cannot assure taxpayers that money invested in IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. We … and four without recorded costs) were not inventoried. In addition, annual inventories were not conducted and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/walton-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-24Norwich City School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-18)
… safeguarded information technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings Although … officials cannot assure taxpayers that money invested in IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. We … with a combined total cost of $1,449 were not inventoried. In addition, officials have not adopted a comprehensive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/16/norwich-city-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-18Afton Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2023M-18)
… years by approximately $2.9 million (17.5 percentage points) to $5.6 million (31.5 percentage points). The Board unnecessarily appropriated fund balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/16/afton-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2023m-18Town of Morehouse – Records and Reports (2021M-182)
… did not maintain the Town’s accounting records and reports in a complete, accurate, up-to-date or timely manner. The … Town’s accounting records were not reliable. $2,082,924 in revenues and $673,497 in disbursements were not recorded. Cash balances were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/03/18/town-morehouse-records-and-reports-2021m-182Cortland Enlarged City School District – Oversight of Financial Operations (2012M-230)
… determine whether the Superintendent and the Director of Business Services provided adequate fiscal oversight over … Key Findings The former Superintendent and Director of Business Services did not provide sufficient oversight over … properly assign users within the financial software, and Business Office staff performed incompatible duties without …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/02/01/cortland-enlarged-city-school-district-oversight-financial-operationsBayport-Blue Point Union Free School District – Fund Balance Management (2021M-116)
… balance during our audit fieldwork, this pattern continued in the 2021-22 budget. Annually appropriating fund balance that is not needed to finance operations is, in effect, a reservation of fund balance not provided for by statute, resulting in higher than necessary tax levies. Key Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/bayport-blue-point-union-free-school-district-fund-balance-managementPlattsburgh Public Library – Circulation Desk Cash Receipts (2015M-8)
… 2014. Background The Plattsburgh Public Library is located in the City of Plattsburgh in Clinton County. It is governed by an elected seven-member … for determining accountability over cash receipts recorded in the system or the cash register and stated that one …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2015/04/03/plattsburgh-public-library-circulation-desk-cash-receipts-2015m-8Cohoes Housing Authority – Internal Controls Over Payroll (2013M-373)
… The purpose of our audit was to assess the Authority’s payroll process for the period October 1, 2012 through … staffing at the Authority, there was no segregation of payroll-related functions. The Office Administrator performed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2014/03/07/cohoes-housing-authority-internal-controls-over-payroll-2013m-373Village of Richfield Springs – Justice Court (S9-14-1)
… collected 297 payments totaling approximately $52,000 in fines, surcharges and fees during the audit period. Key … to the State’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in a timely manner. We found a lack of segregation of duties, … that tickets are properly reported, as paid or enforced, in a timely manner. Ensure that the respective duties of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2014/08/15/village-richfield-springs-justice-court-s9-14-1Town of Queensbury – Justice Court (S9-14-2)
… 16,856 payments totaling approximately $2.23 million in fines, surcharges and fees from January 1, 2012 through … to the State’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in a timely manner. We found weaknesses with the Court’s … that tickets are properly reported, as paid or enforced, in a timely manner. Assess the risk areas in the Court …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2014/08/15/town-queensbury-justice-court-s9-14-2Fonda-Fultonville Central School District – Payroll (2015M-118)
… The Fonda-Fultonville Central School District is located in the Towns of Amsterdam, Charleston, Florida, Glen, Mohawk, Palatine and Root in Montgomery County; the Towns of Carlisle and Esperance in Schoharie County; and the City of Johnstown and the Town …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/09/04/fonda-fultonville-central-school-district-payroll-2015m-118Village of Monticello – Board Oversight (2016M-337)
… 6, 2016. Background The Village of Monticello is located in the Town of Thompson in Sullivan County. The Village, which has a population of … and bank reconciliations are not completed accurately and in a timely manner. The Board has not established any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/02/03/village-monticello-board-oversight-2016m-337DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $246.3 Billion at End of Second Quarter
… been resilient amid rising interest rates, inflation, and global turmoil, but markets have been turbulent. This kind of … and real assets (13.39%) and credit, absolute return strategies, and opportunistic alternatives (6.33%). The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-valued-246-point-3-billion-end-second-quarterBrentwood Union Free School District – Fund Balance and Hiring Practices (2016M-251)
… The Brentwood Union Free School District is located in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County. The District, which … through 2014-15 that appropriated a total of $60.8 million in fund balance to finance operations but used only $5.6 … regarding the future purpose of $4.2 million restricted in the insurance reserve and overfunded the retirement …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/11/22/brentwood-union-free-school-district-fund-balance-and-hiring-practicesOneonta City School District –Financial Condition (2013M-165)
… Background The Oneonta City School District is located in the City of Oneonta, the Towns of Oneonta, Davenport, Laurens, Maryland, and Milford in Otsego County and the Town of Davenport in Delaware County. The District is governed by the Board of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/08/30/oneonta-city-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-165Lyncourt Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2016M-62)
… The Lyncourt Union Free School District is located in the Town of Salina, Onondaga County. The District, which … three-year period that appropriated a total of $810,000 in fund balance to finance District operations, but none of … the amount of the District’s unrestricted fund balance is in compliance with the Real Property Tax Law statutory limits …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/01/lyncourt-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-62Erie 1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Special Aid Fund (2016M-188)
… of our audit was to evaluate the financial activity in BOCES’ special aid fund for the period July 1, 2013 … For the 2014-15 fiscal year, reported expenditures from the special aid fund, which is used to account for and … with its component districts for the operation of adult and continuing education programs. During the 2013-14 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/11/04/erie-1-board-cooperative-educational-services-special-aid-fund-2016m-188Town of Venice – Supervisor’s Financial Records and Reports (2023M-73)
… 20 cash receipts totaling $3 . 1 million either did not match bank deposits or lacked adequate supporting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/09/08/town-venice-supervisors-financial-records-and-reports-2023m-73Persistence Preparatory Academy Charter School – Credit Cards (2023M-71)
… card charges were properly approved, adequately supported and for School purposes. Key Findings Credit card charges we … were not properly approved or adequately supported, and nearly all the charges lacked support to show they were … $158,065 . We reviewed transactions totaling $117,567 and determined that almost 98 percent of them lacked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/09/01/persistence-preparatory-academy-charter-school-credit-cards-2023m-71