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Town of Wolcott – Financial Management (2020M-131)
… manage the Town’s financial condition is further hampered by not requiring regular financial reporting. Key Recommendations Ensure taxpayer equity by budgeting and recording revenue and expenditures in the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2021/06/11/town-wolcott-financial-management-2020m-131Arlington Fire District – Station Number 5 Renovation (2022M-54)
… interests in leasehold agreements. Key Findings Members of the Board did not use competitive methods to renovate … procurement process. Approved one lease amendment that cost an additional $77,000 in materials costs without … lease amendments extending project completion date that cost taxpayers over $20,000 by not exercising reduced rent …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2022/10/21/arlington-fire-district-station-number-5-renovation-2022m-54Phelps-Clifton Springs Central School District – Fuel Purchasing (2021M-19)
… charges paid. District officials agreed in part with our recommendations and indicated they will implement corrective action. Appendix B includes our comments on issues raised in the District’s response …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/04/16/phelps-clifton-springs-central-school-district-fuel-purchasing-2021m-19Young Women’s College Prep Charter School of Rochester – Network and Financial Software Access Controls (2022M-147)
… Charter School of Rochester (School) officials ensured network and financial software access controls were adequate. … Key Findings School officials did not ensure that network and financial software access controls were adequate. … we found that: Fourteen percent or 10 of the School’s network user accounts were not needed. Unneeded network user …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/01/06/young-womens-college-prep-charter-school-rochester-network-and-financialEast Meadow Union Free School – Overtime (2022M-118)
… and found that: Department employees were paid $194,514 for overtime worked up to 20 days without supervisory … did not ensure that written approval was obtained before all overtime was worked; therefore, employees may have worked … Key Recommendations Ensure all non-emergency overtime is preapproved in writing, properly documented and monitored. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/02/24/east-meadow-union-free-school-overtime-2022m-118Erie 1 Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Part-Time Temporary Employee Payroll (2022M-167)
… the Board after the employee began work. Properly monitor hours worked by PTEs . Two PTEs worked in excess of the … a timesheet or provided adequate documentation to support hours paid; six of the 26 PTEs reviewed did not maintain … PTEs complete and submit signed timesheets to support hours worked. BOCES officials agreed with our findings and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2023/03/17/erie-1-board-cooperative-educational-services-part-time-temporary-employee-payrollChappaqua Central School District - Fixed Assets (2022M-186)
… - pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Chappaqua Central School District (District) officials properly monitored and … audit school Chappaqua fixed assets …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/04/14/chappaqua-central-school-district-fixed-assets-2022m-186Rochester Academy Charter School – Credit Cards (2022M-208)
… Academy Charter School (School) officials ensured credit card charges were properly approved, supported and for School … Key Findings School officials did not ensure credit card charges were properly approved, adequately supported and … did not perform an effective and timely review of credit card charges. As a result: School officials approved and paid …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/06/16/rochester-academy-charter-school-credit-cards-2022m-208Goshen Central School District – Mental Health Training Component of the New York SAVE Act (S9-21-29)
… The District did not provide mental health training to all staff for the 2020-21 school year by September 15, 2020 as required … components of mental health that educators should know was not included in the District’s training offered to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/08/goshen-central-school-district-mental-health-training-component-new-yorkJefferson County Industrial Development Agency (JCIDA) – Project Approval and Monitoring (2020M-70)
… or complete adequate cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) for proposed projects before approving them. Charge some … reported capital investment and salary information for reliability or compare it to estimates in project … supported by adequate documentation, provided to the Board for evaluation and compared to project goals as stated in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/industrial-development-agency/2020/10/02/jefferson-county-industrial-development-agency-jcidaValhalla Union Free School District – Network User Accounts (2022M-26)
… information technology (IT) control weaknesses which we communicated confidentially to officials, we found District officials should have: Disabled 67 unneeded … unneeded network user accounts enabled on the network increases the risk of unauthorized access. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/06/17/valhalla-union-free-school-district-network-user-accounts-2022m-26City of Amsterdam – Treasurer’s Office Collections (2022M-203)
… should account for all receipt numbers. Users’ access to the software collection system should be restricted to prevent the clerks from purging receipts. Accounts … agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2023/06/23/city-amsterdam-treasurers-office-collections-2022m-203Morris Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2023M-47)
… fiscal years. For example, the balance of $508,923 in the retirement contribution for employees reserve was sufficient to cover expenditures for at least … a manner that benefits taxpayers. Develop a plan to reduce reserve balances to reasonable levels. District officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/07/28/morris-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2023m-47Brocton Central School District – Claims Audit (2023M-15)
… properly audited before payment. Key Findings Claims were not properly audited before payment. As a result, there was … increased risk that improper or unsupported payments could have been made and may not have been detected and corrected. … (Board) provided the claims auditor with adequate guidance to perform her duties, we may not have found that of the 184 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/08/04/brocton-central-school-district-claims-audit-2023m-15Oswego County – Transfer Station Cash Receipts (2015M-334)
… Waste’s cash receipts process for the period January 1, 2014 through September 9, 2015. Background Oswego County is … to residents, businesses and commercial waste haulers. In 2014, the Department collected approximately $7.8 million in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2016/03/25/oswego-county-transfer-station-cash-receipts-2015m-334New Hartford Central School District – Payroll (2021M-149)
… accurately paid employees’ salary and wages. Key Findings Our audit found that District officials accurately paid $3.1 … the payroll clerk’s work. District officials agreed with our recommendations and have initiated, or indicated they …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/new-hartford-central-school-district-payroll-2021m-149Warren County Local Development Corporation – Revolving Loan Program (2021M-102)
… program. For the 15 active loans, we found: Fourteen loan files did not have required and/or other supporting documentation. Eleven loan files did not contain any evidence that annual site visits … or whether jobs were created and/or retained. Twelve loan files lacked documentation to support the loan proceeds were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/local-development-corporation/2021/12/22/warren-county-local-development-corporation-revolving-loanWayne Central School District – Property Disposal (2021M-161)
… value for this property. We noted similar deficiencies in our 2014 report. 1 Further, despite the results of the … surplus property. District officials generally agreed with our recommendation and indicated they would take corrective …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/02/04/wayne-central-school-district-property-disposal-2021m-161Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District - Information Technology (2023M-104)
… we found that officials did not: Convey management’s expectations for managing network user accounts through … November 2022. Key Recommendations Convey management’s expectations for managing network user accounts through …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/12/08/hastings-hudson-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2023mTown of Guilford – Budgeting (2023M-144)
… the highway fund. The Board adopted budgets that planned for using $228,000 of fund balance to offset projected … the general fund incurred operating surpluses each year for a combined total of $378,991.Therefore, appropriated fund … was not used as intended. Unrestricted fund balance for the general and highway funds exceeded the maximum …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/03/08/town-guilford-budgeting-2023m-144