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Village of Penn Yan – Water Treatment Plant Overtime (2025M-6)
… [read complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Village of … Additionally, the Department of Public Works (DPW) Director and Deputy Director did not approve overtime hours … Village’s employee handbook. Recommendations The audit report includes six recommendations which, if implemented, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2025/07/25/village-penn-yan-water-treatment-plant-overtime-2025m-6Crown Point Fire District – Board Oversight (2024M-29)
… images for 19 months. As a result, the Board’s ability to assess and monitor the District’s financial activity was … in a timely manner, it results in diminished transparency to the Board, taxpayers, Office of the State Comptroller … and have initiated, or indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2024/05/31/crown-point-fire-district-board-oversight-2024m-29Town of Gorham – Budgeting (2023M-181)
… complete report – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether the Town of Gorham (Town) Board (Board) adopted realistic budgets. Key Findings The Board did not develop and adopt realistic budgets, a … plan or fund balance and reserve policies. As a result, the Town maintained unreasonable fund balance levels and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/06/28/town-gorham-budgeting-2023m-181Harborfields Central School District – Information Technology Asset Management (2024M-9)
… inventoried and safeguarded. Complete, accurate and up-to-date inventory records help District officials ensure that … For example, we selected 50 of the District’s IT assets to locate the assets and confirm they were accounted for and … District’s inventory records. Further, an additional 13 desktop computers that officials indicated were 10 years old …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/06/07/harborfields-central-school-district-information-technology-assetWashington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex Board of Cooperative Educational Services – Meals Provided at Meetings (2023M-183)
… ensured meals and refreshments (meals) provided at BOCES meetings and events (meetings) were appropriate. Key Findings BOCES officials did not adequately support meals provided at meetings were appropriate, which increased the risk that … ensured meals and refreshments meals provided at BOCES meetings and events meetings were appropriate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2024/03/29/washington-saratoga-warren-hamilton-essex-board-cooperative-educational-servicesPembroke Central School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2023M-136)
… School District (District) officials properly accounted for and appropriately used extra-classroom activity (ECA) … School District District officials properly accounted for and appropriately used extraclassroom activity ECA funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/04/19/pembroke-central-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-funds-2023m-136Brockport Central School District - Financial Management (2023M-107)
… approved budgets made it appear as though the Board needed to appropriate fund balance and reserves and increase real property taxes by 13 percent to close projected budget gaps. However, the District … had $700,000 in unidentified money that should be returned to the general fund. The District did not have comprehensive …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/01/12/brockport-central-school-district-financial-management-2023m-107Cicero Fire District – Financial Condition (2023M-132)
… whether the Cicero Fire District (District) Board of Fire Commissioners (Board) received adequate financial … The Board did not: Pay the recommended 2022 contribution of $121,981 into the District’s Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP). Effectively monitor …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/12/29/cicero-fire-district-financial-condition-2023m-132Village of Morris – Fund Balance (2017M-58)
… 2015 through February 1, 2017. Background The Village of Morris is located in the Town of Morris in Otsego County and serves approximately 600 … Village of Morris Fund Balance 2017M58 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2017/06/09/village-morris-fund-balance-2017m-58Town of Ballston - Water Fund Financial Operations (2023M-60)
… (Town) officials provided adequate oversight of the water fund’s financial operations. Key Findings Officials did not provide adequate oversight of water fund operations. As a result, delinquent accounts were … applied consistently, and meters were accounted for. The water clerk (clerk) inaccurately relevied all 25 accounts we …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/12/15/town-ballston-water-fund-financial-operations-2023m-60DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Valued at $246.3 Billion at End of Second Quarter
… returned an estimated -1.59%. “The bounce back that markets experienced during the first quarter of the state … rising interest rates, inflation, and global turmoil, but markets have been turbulent. This kind of volatility is why … are invested in cash, bonds, and mortgages (21.53%), private equity (14.61%), real estate and real assets (13.39%) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2023/11/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-valued-246-point-3-billion-end-second-quarterLewiston-Porter Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-14)
… Findings District officials did not appropriately track or inventory IT assets, maintain complete IT inventory records … to confirm they were inventoried. We found 33 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. … a cost recorded) were not inventoried. In addition, annual inventories were not conducted, new and unused IT …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/lewiston-porter-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-14Freeport Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-10)
… technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings District officials did not … IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to safeguard IT assets. As a result, officials cannot assure … to confirm they were inventoried. We found 43 percent of the sampled IT assets were not properly accounted for. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/freeport-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-10Holland Central School District – Claims Audit (2021M-210)
… or planned to initiate corrective action. 1 New York State Education Law Section 1709 (20-a) …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2022/03/04/holland-central-school-district-claims-audit-2021m-210Village of Frankfort – User Charges (2014M-117)
… whether Village officials ensured that water, sewer and electric user charges were properly billed, collected, … January 30, 2014. Background The Village of Frankfort is located in the Town of Frankfort in Herkimer County and has a population of approximately 2,600. The Village is governed by an elected Board of Trustees, which comprises …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2014/06/27/village-frankfort-user-charges-2014m-117Town of Putnam – Accounting Records and Reports (2022M-188)
… the Town’s accounting records were not reliable. Real property tax revenues were overstated by a total of …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2023/03/10/town-putnam-accounting-records-and-reports-2022m-188Town of Highlands – Water and Sewer Funds’ Financial Condition (2021M-152)
… was negative $370,229 and the water fund owes $490,922 to other funds. Loans from other funds were not repaid by the … information available for revenues and expenditures to ensure the water and sewer funds remain self-sufficient. … generally agreed with our findings and indicated they plan to initiate corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/01/21/town-highlands-water-and-sewer-funds-financial-condition-2021m-152State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… and Greene County) Extra-classroom activity and event admission funds were not adequately safeguarded or properly accounted for. District officials did not provide adequate oversight of … payments and public authority data. Visit the Reading Room for contract FOIL requests, bid protest decisions and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/04/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-audits-0Forms and Templates
… Model Code of Ethics for Fire Districts [docx] Model RFP for Professional Audit Services for Fire Districts [docx] … 85 Application for Permission of State Comptroller [pdf] RFP for Fire Districts - Professional Auditing Services [pdf] RFP Guidance for School Districts Seeking Audit Services …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/required-reporting/forms-and-templatesByron-Bergen Central School District - Procurement (2018M-157)
… whether District officials use competitive methods to procure goods and services. Key Finding District officials … agreed with our recommendations and indicated they planned to initiate corrective action. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2018/11/02/byron-bergen-central-school-district-procurement-2018m-157