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Caledonia Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. – Board Oversight (2025M-12)
… operations? Audit Period January 1, 2023 – January 8, 2025 Understanding the Program The Board must provide … coordinator oversees hall rentals and certain fundraising events. The Department’s disbursements totaled $174,302 from … indicated they have initiated corrective action. Appendix C includes our comment on the Department’s response letter. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2025/05/02/caledonia-volunteer-fire-department-inc-board-oversight-2025mVertus Charter School – Information Technology Asset Management (2025M-9)
… as highly portable items, such as monitors, laptops and tablets and interactive displays. These assets can make up a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2025/06/27/vertus-charter-school-information-technology-asset-management-2025m-9Spencerport Central School District – Employee Benefits (2025M-65)
… calculate separation and unused leave payments? Audit Period July 1, 2023 – May 16, 2025 Understanding the Audit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/09/19/spencerport-central-school-district-employee-benefits-2025m-65Franklin Square Union Free School District – Website Transparency (2025M-93)
… District’s website provided the public with transparent and comprehensive financial and administrative information? Audit Period July 1, 2023 – April 17, 2025 Understanding the Audit Area Various laws and regulations require school district officials to post …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/10/17/franklin-square-union-free-school-district-website-transparency-2025m-93Canisteo-Greenwood Central School District – Claims Auditing (2025M-84)
… or appoint a claims auditor to assume the board’s powers and duties to audit and approve claims. A proper claims audit ensures all claims are subjected to an independent, thorough and deliberate review that, among other things, determines …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2025/10/31/canisteo-greenwood-central-school-district-claims-auditing-2025m-84Richburg-Wirt Fire District – Board Oversight (2025M-73)
… by an elected board of fire commissioners (board) that is responsible for providing adequate oversight to ensure … member, the Chairman, completed the training more than 900 days late. Use competitive bidding for the purchase of an … offered a similar UTV for approximately $8,000 less than what the Board paid. Because the Board did not provide …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2025/11/07/richburg-wirt-fire-district-board-oversight-2025m-73County of Oneida – County Clerk (2025M-110)
… Did the Oneida County County Clerk Clerk properly collect and deposit …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2025/12/12/county-oneida-county-clerk-2025m-110Cost-Saving Ideas: Evaluating Solid Waste Collection Options
… may include one or more large containers for solid waste in a centralized location. Transportation costs can make … cost of collection services by reducing manpower. Changes in frequency of service, method of collecting recyclables and … real property tax revenues, taxpayers may resist increases in their tax bills. Seeking Competition A local government …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/publications/cost-saving-ideas-evaluating-solid-waste-collection-optionsRecord of Activities: Elected and Appointed Officials Webinar Presentation
The purpose of an ROA is to establish an Official’s service credit in NYSLRS. During this training, we will go over what is required on an ROA, as well as walk you through how to complete an ROA utilizing a template, available on the NYSLRS website.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/academy/2022/pdf/roa-presentation-may-22.pdfState Agencies Bulletin No. 1971.3
… This bulletin supersedes Payroll Bulletin No. 1971.2 . Purpose The purpose of this … Deposit Form for NYS Employees is submitted to agency payroll offices to change the Direct Deposit record. To … Deposit record. For employees with multiple jobs, all payroll deposits are made according to the single Direct …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/19713-direct-deposit-guidance-and-audit-queryState Agencies Bulletin No. 841
… the Civil Service Employees Association provide for the payment of Performance Advances and Longevity Payments to … on the employee's last annual evaluation date. Longevity Payment Requirements CSEA employees who complete five (5) … and Longevity Payments. This will give agencies time to correct employees’ records, if necessary, before the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/841-october-2008-performance-advances-and-longevity-payments-graded-and-nsOpinion 2011-1
… reimburse the IDA on a bi-weekly basis for the IDA's gross payroll expense on account of the individuals assigned to the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2011-1Opinion 98-16
… ASSESSMENTS -- Certiorari Proceedings (timing for return to general fund of excess moneys in school district reserve … initial deposit, but no later than on that date. You ask how long a school district must hold moneys paid into a tax … v Gulotta , 72 NY2d 363, 373, 534 NYS2d 108, 113). As to how long moneys must be held in the fund, section 3651(1-a) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-16Opinion 98-15
… requirements of General Municipal Law, §119-dd(4) and such sale is not subject to the permissive referendum … government programs for the preservation, restoration and maintenance of the historical, architectural, … of statutory construction that a prior general statute yields to later more specific statutes (see, gen., McKinney's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-15Opinion 98-11
… AND ASSESSMENTS -- Interest and Penalties (where last day of interest-free period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or … 925-a; GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW, §25-a: When the last day of the penalty-free period for the payment of real … Whether real property tax payments postmarked day after the last day for tax payments wo penalty is timely …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-98-11Opinion 97-15
… of county lighting district) COUNTY LAW, §250; MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, §10: A county is not authorized to establish a … specifically enumerated in section 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law (Municipal Home Rule Law, §10[1][i],[ii]). … intent to pre-empt need not be express, but may be implied from a declaration of State policy by the Legislature or from …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-15Opinion 97-14
… FOREIGN FIRE INSURANCE TAXES -- Particular Uses (furniture and trophy case) INSURANCE LAW, §§9104, 9105: Unless … expenditures to purchase furniture for a recreation room and a trophy case for a meeting room for department use. You … a trophy case in the department's meeting room, and to pay for furniture for the department's recreation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-97-14Opinion 2000-24
… This opinion represents the views of the Office of the State Comptroller at the time it was rendered. The … to General Municipal Law, article 5-G for the provision of police protection as a joint service. You ask whether two … a municipal cooperation agreement for the joint provision of police protection …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-24Opinion 91-12
… to be used for the lawful purposes of the fire company. You ask whether moneys raised by a volunteer fire company …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-91-12Opinion 90-61
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Preemption (financing town … -- Assessments (authority to impose benefit assessments in water supply district) -- Water Supply Districts … basis. Town Law, §§202 and 202-a provide the manner in which assessments shall be raised in town special …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-90-61