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… Documents linked below relate to the original Fiscal Stress Monitoring System (FSMS). FSMS was updated in November 2017. Access to these materials is being maintained for historical … District Fiscal Stress Results: School Years 2012-13 to 2014-15 - 1/28/2016 Three Years of the Fiscal Stress …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/fiscal-monitoring/archived-publicationsGreenville Fire District - Fixed Assets (2019M-223)
… have been sold or traded in to help offset the cost of new equipment purchases totaling $124,880. Twenty pieces of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2020/02/28/greenville-fire-district-fixed-assets-2019m-223Loan Payroll Deductions – Enhanced Reporting
… Credit Purchase (SCP) Deduction page in Retirement Online, which will list the amount to be deducted from the … Please use the new amount beginning on the next available payroll cycle so members can avoid underpayment — eliminating …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/enhanced-reporting/loan-payroll-deductionsSewanhaka Central High School District – Student Fees (2016M-296)
… The Sewanhaka Central High School District is located in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County and comprises four … $178.8 million. Key Findings The Board does not have a policy on cash receipts. None of the finance clerks issued …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/11/04/sewanhaka-central-high-school-district-student-fees-2016m-296West Islip Union Free School District – Payroll (2016M-78)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s payroll process for the period July … all aspects of payroll transactions. If it is impractical to adequately segregate the payroll clerks’ duties, District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/05/27/west-islip-union-free-school-district-payroll-2016m-78Washingtonville Central School District – Reserve Funds (2014M-45)
… was to examine the District’s management of reserve funds for the period of July 1, 2012 through October 29, 2013. … Board of Education. Budgeted general fund appropriations for the 2013-14 fiscal year are approximately $84 million. … The District has not implemented its reserve fund policy for the funding and use of reserves, and a detailed annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/06/06/washingtonville-central-school-district-reserve-funds-2014m-45Morris Central School District – Financial Operations (2015M-251)
… Background The Morris Central School District is located in the Towns of Laurens, Morris, New Lisbon and Pittsfield in Otsego County. The District, which operates one school …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/01/08/morris-central-school-district-financial-operations-2015m-251Opinion 88-44
… Services (town board member employed by engineering firm) -- Interest in Contract (town board member employed by … arising after execution of contract) GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, §§800(3)(c), 802(1)(b): A town board member acquires an … involving the firm. Article 18 of the General Municipal Law (§§800, et seq .) contains the provisions of law which …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-44Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Program (2022-M-2)
To determine whether the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) has complied with Article 36-A of the State Executive Law for revenues received by and expenditures made from the Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Fund and from any other source for purposes of the Motor ...
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/state-agencies/audits/pdf/sga-2024-22m2.pdfPandemic Planning and Care for Vulnerable Populations
… 2021, 34,117 clients were living in either an IRA (30,652, or 90%) or an ICF (3,465, or 10%). Voluntary agencies operate the majority of these …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2023/04/06/pandemic-planning-and-care-vulnerable-populationsOpinion 90-20
… the adoption by a village of a local law providing for payment or distribution of foreign fire insurance moneys in a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-20Employer Billing
… reported to NYSLRS for members employed during the last State fiscal year. Your annual invoice is only one piece of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/employer-billingThurston Fire District – Financial Activity (2016M-430)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether the Board ensured that … The Thurston Fire District is a district corporation of the State, distinct and separate from the Town of Thurston …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2017/03/08/thurston-fire-district-financial-activity-2016m-430Hillside Fire District – Cash Receipts and Disbursements (2016M-284)
… the Board ensured that the Treasurer properly accounted for cash receipts and disbursements for the period January 1, … State, distinct and separate from the Town of Rhinebeck in Dutchess County. The District is governed by an elected … There were no recommendations as a result of this audit. … Hillside Fire District Cash Receipts and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2016/09/30/hillside-fire-district-cash-receipts-and-disbursements-2016m-284Opinion 97-5
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The opinion … STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- Private Roads (construction of by village) VILLAGES -- Powers and Duties (construction of … corporation pursuant to Village Law, §22-2200. You state that it is the intention of the not-for-profit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-5Maximizing Drug Rebates Under the Federal Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (Follow-Up)
… of implementation of the 12 recommendations included in our initial audit report, Medicaid Program – Maximizing … administers the Medicaid program. For recipients enrolled in fee-for-service Medicaid, DOH makes payments for services … directly to health care providers. For recipients enrolled in managed care, DOH pays managed care organizations (MCOs) a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/12/20/maximizing-drug-rebates-under-federal-medicaid-drug-rebate-program-followUnified Court System Bulletin No. UCS-145
… To explain procedures for processing Judicial Supplemental Support Allowance payments. Affected Employees Judges of the … for this payment. Background The Judicial Supplemental Support Fund (date of inception is November 1, 2007) provides …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/unified-court-system/ucs-145-2009-judicial-supplemental-support-allowanceOpinion 93-16
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS -- Service Award … to respond to fire alarms does not alter the periods when, in fact, the volunteer is ordinarily expected to be at work. This is in reply to your letter concerning the accrual of credit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-93-16Opinion 97-20
… Uses (remodeling and purchasing appliances for firehouse kitchen) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Unless otherwise … to remodel and purchase appliances for the firehouse kitchen. You ask whether a volunteer fire department may …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-20Opinion 91-57
… may be comingled with moneys of the village, subject to the consent of the library board. Prior inconsistent … for the support of a public library ... shall be paid over to the treasurer of such library ... upon the written demand … Thus, where, as here, library moneys are not paid over to the library treasurer, section 259(1) expressly requires …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-57