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State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… audits were issued. Olean City School District – Reserve Funds (Cattaraugus County) The board and district officials … established the district’s nine general fund reserve funds totaling $10.9 million but did not use the reserve funds and could not demonstrate that $8 million held in seven …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/06/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-audits-0Accounts Payable Advisory No. 43
… are effective April 1, 2017. Please review the below chart for information on what changes were made. Particular … Vendor Add Portal Updated to include new requirements for adding vendors to SFS - primary contact email, … Request Mass Add Updated to include new requirements for adding vendors to SFS - primary contact email, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/advisories/accounts-payable-advisory/43-gfo-updates-supplier-prompt-payment-interest-and-moreState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Audits
… are properly and promptly reporting capital assets. For example, capital assets went unreported in SFS AM, … Office of Mental Health – Maximizing Incentives for Individuals with Disabilities (Follow-Up) (2023-F-33) The … that DOL did not follow its wage investigation procedures for some of the cases reviewed. Auditors also identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-auditsVII.2.A Direct Journal Payment – VII. State Revenues and Appropriated Loan Receivables
… Payment starts with the agency entering the deposit and payment information in the ‘Regular Deposit’ navigation … Amount’ must be equal to the total amount of the deposit and is displayed as a positive amount (except in the case of … the agency must enter the Payment ID, Accounting Date, and Amount. The ‘Journal Directly’ box must be checked or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vii/vii2a-direct-journal-paymentDiNapoli: Thruway Authority Needs Plan to Meet Future Costs
… “The Thruway Authority should develop a better roadmap for the future," DiNapoli said. “In addition to the Tappan … need to come up with a viable plan to make ends meet for the long term and clearly lay out how it will affect New … and taxpayers.” The Thruway Authority is responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Thruway, a 570-mile tolled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/11/dinapoli-thruway-authority-needs-plan-meet-future-costsState Agencies Bulletin No. 702
… bargaining units in a fiscal year where the percentage increases for the bargaining units differ, the salary in the new position is recalculated, exclusive of any …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/702-recalculation-salary-when-there-movement-between-bargaining-unitsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1945
… Leave in PayServ, including entering Job Action Requests for Workers’ Compensation leave corrections, documenting … leave are affected. Background New Action/Reason for Workers’ Compensation Correct History Requests Agencies … New Data Change Reason Code WCR has been created for use by agencies when requesting changes to employees’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1945-process-changes-workers-compensation-leave-payservDiNapoli: Pandemic Hit to Sales Tax Revenue Threatening Fiscal Health of Local Governments
… with many towns and villages, depend on these funds to pay for essential services and operations, revealing the … has increasingly been tapping local sales tax collections for various purposes. In the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019-20 … villages, permanently shifting this burden from the state for these State Aid and Incentives for Municipalities …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/10/dinapoli-pandemic-hit-sales-tax-revenue-threatening-fiscal-health-local-governmentsOpinion 91-44
… term "compensation" generally connotes both the salary and fringe benefits of a municipal officer and employee (see, … fire district officers ..." encompasses both salaries and fringe benefits ( id .). Since there is nothing in section … the prohibition in that provision covers both salary and fringe benefits, including health insurance coverage (see …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-44Opinion 96-21
… a specified maximum amount annually to provide services for the district. The establishment of the town beach erosion … under then existing law because the petition did not ask for a capital improvement whose cost would be financed by the … or alleviate damage resulting therefrom, and to contract for or to construct such jetties, groins, fills, bulkheads or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-96-21Opinion 93-28
… Assistance ("CHIPs") moneys appropriated by the town board for the repair and improvement of highways may be expended … a consolidated local highway assistance program ("CHIPs"), for the purpose of providing State-aid toward the … Subject to certain restrictions, CHIPs moneys may be used for the construction, reconstruction or improvement of local …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-28DiNapoli Announces Latest Fiscal Stress Scores
… financial health. DiNapoli releases fiscal stress scores for municipalities excluding New York City twice a year. The scores announced today are for local governments operating on a calendar year basis for fiscal year 2023, covering all counties and towns, 44 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2024/10/dinapoli-announces-latest-fiscal-stress-scoresTitle I Grants to Local Educational Agencies – Federal Funding and New York
… districts, charter schools, and Special Act districts — for the purpose of closing educational achievement gaps … Schools in which children from low-income families account for at least 40 percent of enrollment are eligible to apply … school-wide programs. The funds are otherwise targeted for services to individual children who are failing, or most …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/reports/budget/fed-funding-ny/title-i-grants-local-educational-agenciesXII.8.G Payment Methods – XII. Expenditures
… ACH payments are electronic payments made from the State’s bank to the vendor’s bank within two business days … pay terms and Scheduled Due date or Net Due date on the voucher. Two-day ACH is the preferred payment method because … request that OSC process a one-day ACH payment when the State has a business need for a next day payment. One-day ACH …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8g-payment-methodsState Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal & School Audits
… and to maintain inventory records, school officials did not ensure that company employees maintained complete and … IT assets. As a result, the school’s inventory records did not include all IT assets and no records contained adequate … – Board Oversight (Livingston County) The board did not provide adequate oversight of financial operations, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/09/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-school-auditsEast Bloomfield Fire District – Financial Operations (2017M-154)
… financial operations to ensure that assets are safeguarded for the period January 1, 2015 through February 23, 2017. … Fire Commissioners. General fund budgeted appropriations for 2017 total $354,594. Key Findings The purchasing agent … with the procurement policy. Develop and adopt policies for credit card use and IT. Develop policies and procedures …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/11/17/east-bloomfield-fire-district-financial-operations-2017m-154City of Newburgh – Budget Review (B17-6-18)
… and expenditure projections in the City’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The City … fund operating deficits to submit their proposed budgets for the next fiscal year to the State Comptroller for review … budget are reasonable. The City faces potential increased salary costs when one of its expired collective bargaining …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2017/11/14/city-newburgh-budget-review-b17-6-18Village of Wurtsboro – Financial Operations (2017M-71)
… Village’s financial condition and segregation of duties for the period June 1, 2015 through May 31, 2017. Background … three-member Board of Trustees. Budgeted appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year for the general and water funds totaled $762,250. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/11/10/village-wurtsboro-financial-operations-2017m-71Town of Deerpark – Budget Review (B17-6-17)
… expenditure projections in the Town’s preliminary budget for the 2018 fiscal year are reasonable. Background The Town … operating deficits to submit their preliminary budgets for the next fiscal year to the State Comptroller for review while the deficit obligations are outstanding. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2017/11/10/town-deerpark-budget-review-b17-6-17Village of Port Chester – Payroll (2017M-115)
… our audit was to evaluate the accuracy of payroll payments for the period June 1, 2015 through January 26, 2017. … seven-member Board of Trustees. Budgeted appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year totaled approximately $38.6 … Key Findings The Village paid approximately $2.2 million for overtime wages to police department personnel. There are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/10/13/village-port-chester-payroll-2017m-115