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Cost-Saving Ideas: A Guide to Justice Court Consolidation in Villages and Towns
… misdemeanor and traffic cases and are responsible for imposing and collecting a wide range of fines, surcharges … some of the relevant issues. Consolidation Process for Justice Courts in Villages If a village has its own … village justice no longer exists, the town justice court for the town in which the village is located has jurisdiction …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-guide-justice-court-consolidation-villages-and-townsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1675
… Purpose To continue the partnership and collaborative efforts of agency Personnel/Payroll Officers and the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) in reconciling employees’ Social Security Numbers and names in the NYS payroll system (PayServ) with the Social …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1675-verification-employees-social-security-number-ssn-and-name-be-reportedState Agencies Bulletin No. 1604
… Code §6721 imposes a penalty of $260 per infraction for every information return that is filed with a … imposed by the IRS to any State Agency that is responsible for the inaccuracy of an employee’s job record in the NYS … OSC has created a file of employees with taxable wages for 2017 and compared that information with SSA records using …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1604-verification-employees-social-security-number-ssn-and-name-be-reportedOpinion 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-93-28Accounts 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 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-unitsOpinion 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-96-21DiNapoli: 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-governmentsDiNapoli: 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 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-0State 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-payservState 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 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-scoresXII.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-methodsTitle 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-agenciesState 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-auditsOther Bulletin No. 73
… 2023 SCF CSEA LLS payment. Affected Employees: Employees in Bargaining Unit 97 in SCF with an increment code of 1810 who meet the … which provides for payment of the 2023 Longevity Payment in October 2023 as a one-time, lump sum payment in the amount …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/suny-construction-fund/other-73-october-2023-state-university-construction-fund-scf-civilLivonia Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, Inc. – Financial Controls (2014M-001)
… 2012 through December 5, 2013. Background The Livonia Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, Inc. is located in the Town of Livonia in Livingston County and provides fire protection services to the Town. The Company’s administrative Board comprises seven members and decision making power lies with the membership’s vote. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/04/04/livonia-hook-and-ladder-company-no-1-inc-financial-controls-2014m-001