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Glens Falls Common School District – Financial Condition (2015M-66)
… The Glens Falls Common School District is located in the City of Glens Falls in Warren County. The District, which is governed by an … 2014-15. The Board appropriated $154,860 of fund balance in its 2014-15 budget, causing the District’s unrestricted …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2015/04/17/glens-falls-common-school-district-financial-condition-2015m-66Byron-Bergen Central School District – Online Banking and Information Technology (2014M-261)
… unnecessarily has online banking access for all if its bank accounts. District officials do not secure user names, … to clearly prescribe the manner in which electronic or wire transfers of funds would be accomplished. District officials have not established alerts and other security measures available from the District’s banks. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/12/05/byron-bergen-central-school-district-online-banking-and-informationFloral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District – Financial Management (2013M-359)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to examine the District’s financial management for the period … Key Finding Over the past five years, District officials have consistently overestimated expenditures totaling $12.5 … year (approximately $10.3 million over a five-year period) to help finance the ensuing year’s operations, District …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/02/14/floral-park-bellerose-union-free-school-district-financial-managementAfton Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2023M-18)
… Surplus fund balance exceeded the 4 percent statutory limit in each of the last three fiscal years by approximately … fund balance that was not needed, which in effect is a reservation of fund balance that is not provided by … for the issuance of bond anticipation notes (BANs) to purchase school buses. Key Recommendations Adopt realistic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2023/06/16/afton-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2023m-18Seymour Public Library District – Over-the-Counter Cash Receipts (2015M-102)
… waiving fines and fees. The Director does not generate a daily cash report from the System to assist in reconciling daily fine and fee collections or to review the waived … fines and fees. Require that the Director generate a daily cash report from the System and reconcile collections …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2015/07/24/seymour-public-library-district-over-counter-cash-receipts-2015m-102Introduction – Improving the Effectiveness of Your Claims Auditing Process
… in this guide to “employees” should be interpreted to mean both officers (elected and appointed) and employees of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/claims-auditing-process/introductionNanticoke Volunteer Fire Department – Misappropriation of Funds (2015M-3)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to evaluate the Department’s financial operations for the … four-member Board of Directors, contracted with the Towns to provide fire protection and emergency services. Budgeted … Key Recommendations The Board and membership should have developed procedures to help ensure that all cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2016/03/25/nanticoke-volunteer-fire-department-misappropriation-fundsChestertown Volunteer Fire Company – Financial Operations (2017M-1)
… Company provides fire protection services for the Town of Chester, Warren County. The Company is governed by a five-member Board, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2017/06/16/chestertown-volunteer-fire-company-financial-operations-2017mTown of Kendall – Justice Court (2013M-130)
… to resolve outstanding issues and take action to close out old cases. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/08/02/town-kendall-justice-court-2013m-130Rome City School District – Multiyear Planning (2021M-144)
… established comprehensive multiyear financial and capital plans. Key Findings Officials did not develop comprehensive written multiyear financial or capital plans. While officials have some information needed to develop the plans, additional information and analysis is needed. For …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/03/rome-city-school-district-multiyear-planning-2021m-144Town of Crawford – Town Clerk (2021M-82)
… Town Clerk’s (Clerk’s) office were properly accounted for, reported and deposited in a timely manner. Key Findings The former Clerk did not properly account for, report, deposit, record and remit all collections to the … Town Town Clerks Clerks office were properly accounted for reported and deposited in a timely manner …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/11/23/town-crawford-town-clerk-2021m-82Sherburne-Earlville Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-61)
… officials are not presenting the District’s spending plan in a transparent and meaningful manner to taxpayers. In addition, the Board did not adopt a reserve policy to … did not use reserve balances to pay related expenditures in three of the District’s seven reserves. Recommendations …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/10/04/sherburne-earlville-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-61Town of Ashland – Long-Term Planning (2024M-114)
… Town of Ashland (Town) officials established multiyear capital and financial plans. Key Findings Town officials did not establish multiyear capital and financial plans, which provide a framework to assess the Town’s capital and financial needs and identify appropriate funding …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/12/24/town-ashland-long-term-planning-2024m-114Town of Chesterfield – Town Clerk (2024M-110)
… and remit collections to the Supervisor and other agencies in the appropriate amounts. Prepare monthly bank … which compare the amount of cash on hand and on deposit in the bank to detailed lists of amounts due to the … remit all collections to the Supervisor and other agencies in the appropriate amounts. Prepare monthly bank …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/01/24/town-chesterfield-town-clerk-2024m-110VI.I Overview – VI. Budgets
… After appropriations, which are statutory authorizations to spend for specific purposes, become law, the State … available Federal funds. The Project Parent is equivalent to the billing amount for the Federal Grant Award, and the Project Child is the funding allocation to specific project activities. See Chapter XIX, Section 2.B …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-vi/vii-overviewPayroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-012
… Purpose The purpose of this bulletin is to provide details on changes to mid pay-period Additional Pay resulting from the upgrade of the PayServ system to PeopleSoft version 9.2. Affected Employees All PayServ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-012-changes-mid-pay-period-additional-payDiNapoli: Construction Jobs in NYC Not Fully Recovered From Pandemic Amid Lower Demand for Nonresidential Projects
… the fourth-largest construction sector in the nation, New York state is one of five states that have not recovered … may take some time as construction businesses in New York City continue to face a variety of challenges, including … in 2020. Despite three consecutive years of increases, by 2023, nonresidential construction was the only one still …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/07/dinapoli-construction-jobs-nyc-not-fully-recovered-pandemic-amid-lower-demand-nonresidential-projectsState Agencies Bulletin No. 1749.1
2019 Summer Session Payments for Institution Teachers
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/17491-2019-summer-session-payments-institution-teachersOpinion 2002-15
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (street lighting and maintenance of town hall as townwide charges) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- … Whether the cost for street lighting in a town and maintaining a building used as town hall are raised …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15Opinion 2002-15
… on the issues discussed in the opinion. MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Town Charges (street lighting and maintenance of town hall as townwide charges) STREETS AND HIGHWAYS -- … ask whether the cost of expenses for street lighting in a town and for maintaining a building used as the town hall are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2002-15-0