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City of Yonkers – Financial Operations (2017M-119)
… Council, was given responsibility for managing the Yonkers Public Schools’ (YPS) finances in 2014. Budgeted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2018/04/13/city-yonkers-financial-operations-2017m-119Vestal Central School District – Fund Balances (2017M-91)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s financial … The Vestal Central School District is located in the Towns of Vestal and Binghamton in Broome County and the Town of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/07/28/vestal-central-school-district-fund-balances-2017m-91Village of Round Lake – Budgeting Practices and Financial Condition (2015M-26)
… Board consistently adopted budgets that appropriated fund balance from the water and sewer funds. Consistent appropriation of fund balance and significant unplanned repair costs resulted in a decline in water fund balance from $164,063 at the start of the 2011-12 fiscal year …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/05/22/village-round-lake-budgeting-practices-and-financial-condition-2015m-26Sweet Home Central School District – Financial Management (2022M-166)
… the Sweet Home Central School District’s (District) Board of Education (Board) and District officials properly managed … which was improperly restricted in a debt reserve as of June 30, 2021. The Board unnecessarily appropriated $2 . 4 million of fund balance each year and real property taxes were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/03/31/sweet-home-central-school-district-financial-management-2022m-166Chatham Central School District – Financial Management (2023M-11)
… (Board) and District officials properly managed fund balance and reserves. Key Findings The Board and District officials did not properly manage fund balance and reserves . The Board and District officials’ consistent practice of appropriating fund balance that is not needed and maintaining unreasonable …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/08/11/chatham-central-school-district-financial-management-2023m-11East Moriches Union Free School District – Financial Condition Management (2022M-1)
… which made it appear that the District needed to increase taxes and use appropriated fund balance to close projected budget gaps, but the appropriated fund balance was not used to finance operations. The surplus fund balance has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/east-moriches-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-managementPrattsburgh Central School District – Financial Management (2020M-108)
… if the Board of Education (Board) and Prattsburgh Central School District (District) officials adequately managed the … if the Board of Education Board and Prattsburgh Central School District District officials adequately managed the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/12/18/prattsburgh-central-school-district-financial-management-2020m-108State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced his … District and the Merrick Union Free School District . State Comptroller DiNapoli has made it a priority to audit … and local funds. For additional background or a comment on a specific audit, please contact Brian Butry at …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/10/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today announced the … written fund balance policy, which limits transparency. City of Little Falls – Financial Condition (Herkimer County) … rely on loans for cash flow. Errors in the 2020 accounting records also make it difficult for officials to accurately …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/07/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-auditsWantagh Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2016M-363)
… audit was to evaluate the District’s financial condition for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2016. Background … five-member Board of Education. Budgeted appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year total approximately $76.2 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/09/wantagh-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-363Town of Brandon - Financial Condition (2019M-239)
… budgetary practices have resulted in the highway fund balance declining from $58,241 on January 1, 2017 to $5,714 as of December 31, 2019. The highway fund’s appropriations were overspent three consecutive years … does not have a policy to maintain a reasonable level of fund balance. The Board has not adopted a long-term financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/04/24/town-brandon-financial-condition-2019m-239City of Yonkers – Budget Review (B18-6-6)
… appropriated all of the $24.1 million projected unassigned fund balance at the end of the 2017-18 year; however, this … for overtime (firefighting and police) and workers’ compensation insurance could be underestimated. The City’s … potential funding gap. Identify alternatives to borrowing funds to purchase textbooks. Develop a plan to limit the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2018/05/18/city-yonkers-budget-review-b18-6-6Opinion 88-65
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-65State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… today announced the following school district audits have been issued. Alexandria Central School District – … by $844,261, or 6.4 percent, and the district did not need to use most of the appropriated fund balance for operations. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/01/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsLong Beach City School District – Financial Management (2023M-147)
… balance and did not present the District’s spending plans in a transparent manner. While real property tax levies … since 2020-21, the District’s budgeting practices resulted in tax levies being higher than necessary. The Board and … fund balance that exceeded the statutory 4 percent limit in three of the four years reviewed by as much as 5 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/09/long-beach-city-school-district-financial-management-2023m-147Andover Central School District - Financial Management (2018M-145)
… appropriate action to address the reasonableness of fund balance and reserves. Key Findings The Board annually appropriated fund balance that was not used to finance operations and adopted … 2016-17, which made it appear that unrestricted fund balance was within the statutory limit each year. When these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/10/19/andover-central-school-district-financial-management-2018m-145Hunter-Tannersville Central School District – Financial Condition (2013M-376)
… unappropriated fund balance is in compliance with Real Property Tax statutory limits. Closely monitor the District’s …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/03/21/hunter-tannersville-central-school-district-financial-condition-2013m-376Lyncourt Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2016M-62)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to assess the District’s financial condition for the period … that appropriated a total of $810,000 in fund balance to finance District operations, but none of the appropriated … The Board has not adopted a multiyear financial plan to allow it to facilitate the development of future finances. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/01/lyncourt-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-62Copenhagen Central School District – Financial Condition (2016M-142)
… July 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015. Background The Copenhagen Central School District is located in the Towns of … fund in a manner that benefits District residents. … Copenhagen Central School District Financial Condition …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/24/copenhagen-central-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-142Westmoreland Central School District – Financial Condition (2014M-283)
… The Westmoreland Central School District is located in the Towns of Vernon, Westmoreland and Whitestown and the City of Rome in Oneida County and has approximately 950 students and 145 … a plan to reduce the amount of unrestricted fund balance in a manner that benefits District taxpayers. Develop and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/12/05/westmoreland-central-school-district-financial-condition-2014m-283