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Rye City School District – Payroll (2024M-2)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Rye City … record or pay overtime. District officials did not budget for approximately $600,000 of incurred overtime, and … paid to 15 employees with the highest overtime charges for their positions for the audit period and reviewed all of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/21/rye-city-school-district-payroll-2024m-2Renaissance Academy Charter School of the Arts – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2024M-23)
… Determine whether Renaissance Academy Charter School of the Arts (School) officials ensured non-payroll … written disbursements policies. Sixty-two percent of the non-credit card disbursements tested totaling $276,871 and 86 percent of the credit card charges tested totaling $43,439 lacked …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2024/06/28/renaissance-academy-charter-school-arts-non-payroll-disbursements-2024m-23Town of Lancaster – Town Supervisor's Financial Duties (2024M-32)
… duties and did not monitor the work performed by the firm he improperly contracted with to act as Director of … of journal entries were recorded and approved by the firm without the Supervisor’s review or oversight. The … unaware of these deficiencies and continued to pay the firm even though the contract terms were not fulfilled …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/07/12/town-lancaster-town-supervisors-financial-duties-2024m-32Smithfield Fire District –Controls Over Financial Activities (2015M-113)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether controls … recorded and reported and that moneys were safeguarded for the period January 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015. Background The Smithfield Fire District is a district corporation of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2015/08/07/smithfield-fire-district-controls-over-financial-activities-2015m-113Village of Holley – Transparency of Fiscal Activities (S9-24-12)
… an annual audit of the Village Chief Fiscal Officer’s (CFO) financial records and reports, Filed the required … not: Conduct an annual audit, or cause to be audited, the CFO’s 2022-23 financial records and reports, as required by … includes eight recommendations to help the Board and CFO improve the transparency of their fiscal activities. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2024/12/20/village-holley-transparency-fiscal-activities-s9-24-12Cuddebackville Fire District – Board Oversight (2024M-94)
… whether the Cuddebackville Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) provided adequate oversight of the District’s financial operations and properly audited … Key Findings The Board did not provide adequate oversight of the District’s financial operations or properly audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/02/07/cuddebackville-fire-district-board-oversight-2024m-94City of Salamanca – Employee Benefits (2023M-96)
… report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether City of Salamanca (City) separation payments were properly authorized, adequately … in unsupported and possibly improper payments being made. Of the 23 separation payments made between April 1, 2020 and … Determine whether City of Salamanca City separation payments were properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2023/11/22/city-salamanca-employee-benefits-2023m-96Real Property Tax Exemptions Administration (2017-MR-4)
… 31, 2016. Background All real property in New York is subject to taxation unless specific legal provisions grant … criteria, including the use to which the property is put, the owner's ability to pay taxes, the desire of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2018/04/13/real-property-tax-exemptions-administration-2017-mr-4Irvington Union Free School District – Information Technology (2016M-266)
… purposes or the inappropriate use of IT equipment. The email policy allows for the use of personal email through external mail servers. District staff are able … Consider the risk of allowing users to access personal email through external mail servers and amend the email …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/11/18/irvington-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2016m-266Beacon City School District – Claims Auditing (2016M-20)
… July 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. Background The Beacon City School District is located in the City of Beacon, Dutchess County. The District, which operates six … Beacon City School District Claims Auditing 2016M20 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/03/beacon-city-school-district-claims-auditing-2016m-20Salem Central School District – Internal Controls Over Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2013M-394)
… press-numbered receipts for the remittances received from the student treasurers and faculty advisors were not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/03/28/salem-central-school-district-internal-controls-over-extra-classroomTown of Hempstead Sanitary District No. 7 – Post-Employment Payments, Claims Processing and Professional Services (2014M-198)
… Sanitary District No. 7 provides garbage collection and recycling pickup services to households and businesses in … with former sanitation supervisors for which it had no legal authority to do so, and the District, as a result, made …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/district/2014/12/24/town-hempstead-sanitary-district-no-7-post-employment-payments-claims-processingRochester Land Bank Corporation – Monitoring Subcontractor Performance (2016M-373)
… Land Bank’s monitoring of the Subcontractor’s performance for the period July 1, 2014 through June 9, 2016. Background … perform environmental remediation and rehabilitate vacant homes for affordable owner-occupied use. The Land Bank funds … adequately monitor cash disbursements or profits from the sale of rehabilitated homes. There is no formal process to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/public-authority/2017/04/07/rochester-land-bank-corporation-monitoring-subcontractor-performanceVillage of Painted Post – Board Oversight (2017M-92)
… October 24, 2016. Background The Village of Painted Post is located in the Town of Erwin in Steuben County and has a population of approximately 1,800. The Village is governed by an elected five-member Board of Trustees. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/08/11/village-painted-post-board-oversight-2017m-92Elwood Union Free School District – Electronic Transfers (2014M-133)
… 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013. Background The Elwood Union Free School District is located in the Town of … Elwood Union Free School District Electronic Transfers 2014M133 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/07/11/elwood-union-free-school-district-electronic-transfers-2014m-133Village of Ilion – Information Technology (2015M-34)
… technology (IT) incidents in 2014 initiated by falsified email messages with a malware attachment that, when opened by … including how to recognize and respond to falsified email messages and the risks of inappropriate Internet use. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/07/31/village-ilion-information-technology-2015m-34Village of Coxsackie – Financial Condition and Water and Sewer Fund Accountability (2014M-324)
… financial condition and its accountability over the water and sewer funds for the period June 1, 2012 through May … classify the amounts due to the general fund from the water and sewer funds. For the fiscal year ending May 31, 2013, the water and sewer funds owed the general fund $440,974. For the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/02/13/village-coxsackie-financial-condition-and-water-and-sewer-fund-accountabilityTown of Halfmoon – Financial Condition of the General and Highway Funds (2013M-55)
… evaluate the Town’s financial condition of the general and highway funds for the period January 1, 2011, to September … the 2012 fiscal year was $7.3 million; the budget for the highway fund was about $3 million. Key Findings The Board did … unreserved fund balance of approximately $748,000, and the highway fund had a deficit unreserved fund balance of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2013/08/06/town-halfmoon-financial-condition-general-and-highway-funds-2013m-55Central New York Regional Market Authority – Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations (2015M-235)
… Background The Central New York Regional Market Authority is located in the City of Syracuse in Onondaga County and was … Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Wayne counties. The Authority is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors composed of 12 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/public-authority/2015/12/31/central-new-york-regional-market-authority-internal-controls-overVillage of Richmondville – Disbursements (2012M-178)
… 2012. Background The Village of Richmondville is located in Schoharie County. The Village has 918 residents; its … had the wrong amounts withheld for health insurance. In addition, 447 checks totaling approximately $325,000 were …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2013/01/25/village-richmondville-disbursements-2012m-178