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Sharon Springs Central School District – Fund Balance Management (2022M-100)
… appropriations and appropriating fund balance that is not needed to finance operations is, in effect, a reservation of fund balance that is not provided for by statute and circumvents the statutory …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/09/30/sharon-springs-central-school-district-fund-balance-management-2022m-100Port Jervis City School District – Financial Condition (2022M-152)
… Key Findings The Board and District officials did not effectively manage the District’s financial condition. As … by an average of $5.8 million each year from 2017-18 through 2020-21 and appropriated $4.8 million of fund balance … another operating surplus of approximately $9.3 million in 2021-22 and will not need to use $903,000 in appropriated …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/11/23/port-jervis-city-school-district-financial-condition-2022m-152Town of Hamburg - Finance Office (2023M-109)
… credit card purchases. The former Director was arrested in September 2022 for charges relating to her use of the … credit card. She pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in December 2022. Additionally, the Board and Town officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/12/08/town-hamburg-finance-office-2023m-109Garrison Union Free School District – Information Technology (2023M-127)
… physical controls and maintained inventory records for information technology (IT) equipment, and developed an … controls, maintain complete and accurate inventory records for IT equipment or develop an IT contingency plan. In … listing. Key Recommendations Develop written procedures for managing network user account access that includes …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/01/19/garrison-union-free-school-district-information-technology-2023m-127West Genesee Central School District - Capital Assets (2023M-128)
… School District (District) officials properly monitored and accounted for capital assets. Key Findings District officials did not always properly monitor and account for the capital assets that we tested, and did not conduct periodic physical inventories to help …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/02/16/west-genesee-central-school-district-capital-assets-2023m-128Albany Leadership Charter School for Girls – Cash Collections (2022M-165)
… and staff did not: Monitor collections received in the main office to ensure all collections were accounted for or … manner, and reconcile collections lists and remittances to bank deposits. Ensure State aid payments are properly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/02/03/albany-leadership-charter-school-girls-cash-collections-2022m-165Fairview Fire District – Financial Operations (2024M-138)
… Unrealistic budgets increased taxpayer burden and resulted in unrestricted fund balance totaling approximately $1.2 … Unrealistic budgets increased taxpayer burden and resulted in the District’s reserve funds, in total, increasing by approximately $1.5 million (84 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/05/16/fairview-fire-district-financial-operations-2024m-138Town of Lancaster – Town Supervisor's Financial Duties (2024M-32)
… contracted with to act as Director of Finance, resulting in incomplete and inaccurate financial records and … segregation of duties or other mitigating controls were in place. The Supervisor and other Board members were unaware …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/07/12/town-lancaster-town-supervisors-financial-duties-2024m-32Ischua Fire District – Internal Controls Over Financial Operations (2013M-367)
… moneys are safeguarded for the period January 1, 2012 through November 27, 2013. Background The Ischua Fire … distinct and separate from the Town of Ischua and located in Cattaraugus County. The Board of Fire Commissioners … the 2013 fiscal year. Key Findings The Board generally did not provide adequate oversight of District financial …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2014/02/19/ischua-fire-district-internal-controls-over-financial-operations-2013m-367Smithfield Fire District –Controls Over Financial Activities (2015M-113)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether controls were adequate to ensure that financial activity was properly recorded and … has not submitted required annual financial reports to OSC for 2010 through 2014. The Treasurer does not provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2015/08/07/smithfield-fire-district-controls-over-financial-activities-2015m-113Cuddebackville 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-94Kendall Central School District – Capital Project (2017M-194)
… Background The Kendall Central School District located in the Towns of Carlton, Kendall and Murray in Orleans County and the Towns of Clarkson and Hamlin in Monroe County. The District, which operates two schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/01/05/kendall-central-school-district-capital-project-2017m-194Belfast Central School District – Procurement (2016M-317)
… Background The Belfast Central School District is located in the Towns of Allen, Angelica, Belfast, Caneadea and New Hudson in Allegany County. The District, which operates one school … auditor did not always ensure that purchases were made in compliance with the policy or require District officials …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/16/belfast-central-school-district-procurement-2016m-317Central New York Regional Market Authority – Internal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations (2015M-235)
… The Central New York Regional Market Authority is located in the City of Syracuse in Onondaga County and was established as a centrally located …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/public-authority/2015/12/31/central-new-york-regional-market-authority-internal-controls-overVillage of Lyons Falls – Financial Management (2013M-393)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to assess the Board’s management of the level of unexpended … nearly $200,000 (45 percent) over the past five years to almost $640,000 as of May 31, 2013. As a result, the … The information that the Treasurer provided to the Board did not include an estimate of fund balance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2014/03/28/village-lyons-falls-financial-management-2013m-393Hadley-Luzerne Joint Youth Commission – Governance and Cash Receipts (2016M-262)
… and youth service to approximately 190 children residing in the Towns of Hadley and Day in Saratoga County and the Town of Lake Luzerne in Warren County. The Commission is governed by a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/joint-activity/2016/12/30/hadley-luzerne-joint-youth-commission-governance-and-cash-receipts-2016mWilliamsville Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-274)
… The Williamsville Central School District is located in the Towns of Amherst, Clarence and Cheektowaga in Erie County. The District, which operates 13 schools with … at a level greater than needed and ensure that estimates in the annual budget for the planned use of fund balance are …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/02/williamsville-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-274Sag Harbor Union Free School District – Child Care Program (2016M-211)
… The Sag Harbor Union Free School District is located in the Towns of Southampton and East Hampton in Suffolk County. The District, which operates two school … should be charged and whether registration fees were paid in full. Key Recommendations Develop and adopt written …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/09/02/sag-harbor-union-free-school-district-child-care-program-2016m-211Palmyra-Macedon Central School District – Reserves and Fund Balance (2015M-336)
… The Palmyra-Macedon Central School District is located in the Towns of Palmyra, Macedon and Walworth in Wayne County and Farmington and Manchester in Ontario County. The District, which operates four schools …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/03/palmyra-macedon-central-school-district-reserves-and-fund-balance-2015mVillage of Coxsackie – Financial Condition and Water and Sewer Fund Accountability (2014M-324)
… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to review the Village’s financial condition and its accountability over the water and sewer funds for the period June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2014. Background The Village of Coxsackie is located in the Town of Coxsackie in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2015/02/13/village-coxsackie-financial-condition-and-water-and-sewer-fund-accountability