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Additional Service Credit for Unused, Unpaid Sick Leave – Special 20- and 25-Year Plans

… may be added to your credited service and used in your pension benefit calculation if your employer has chosen to … dividing your total unused, unpaid sick leave days by 260. Check with your employer to see if they offer this benefit. … retirement benefit calculation. For example, if your pension calculation will improve substantially with 20 years …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1517/additional-service-credit-unused-unpaid-sick-leave

More About This Retirement Plan – State Police Plan

… retirement plan summary describes the benefits available to Tier 2, 5 and 6 members of the Police and Fire Retirement … New York State Legislature. This publication applies only to members who joined the New York State and Local Police and … for more information. This publication has made reference to “Sections” and “Articles” that refer to the RSSL as …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/publications/1518/more-about-retirement-plan

Freeport Union Free School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-10)

… IT inventory records or establish adequate controls to safeguard IT assets. As a result, officials cannot assure … spent or safeguarded. We selected 50 IT assets to confirm their location and that they were inventoried, and 10 additional IT assets to confirm they were inventoried. We found 43 percent of the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/freeport-union-free-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-10

Walton Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-24)

… – pdf] Audit Objective Determine whether Walton Central School District (District) officials appropriately tracked, … percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. Specifically: Ten Chromebooks could not be physically …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/walton-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-24

Newfield Central School District – IT Asset Management (S9-22-17)

… technology (IT) assets acquired or in use during the audit period. Key Findings District officials did not … IT assets has been appropriately spent or safeguarded. Of the 41 IT assets we selected to confirm their location and … assets selected to confirm were inventoried, 25 percent of the sampled assets were not properly accounted for. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/statewide-audit/2023/03/16/newfield-central-school-district-it-asset-management-s9-22-17

Partial Lump Sum Payment at Retirement – Divorce and Your Benefits

… Eligible members can choose to receive a portion of their retirement benefit as a Partial … PLS was taken. NYSLRS will use a hypothetical calculation to determine the ex-spouse’s share to avoid reductions resulting from the member’s PLS election. …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/partial-lump-sum-payment-retirement

Valley Stream Thirteen Union Free School District – Purchasing (2016M-204)

… Stream Thirteen Union Free School District is located in the Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County. The District, … services that have no current bid documentation in place. Identify all sole source vendors and obtain the …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/08/05/valley-stream-thirteen-union-free-school-district-purchasing-2016m-204

Valley Stream Union Free School District #24 – Leave Accruals and Separation Payments (2016M-335)

… schools with approximately 1,100 students, is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education. Total …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/11/25/valley-stream-union-free-school-district-24-leave-accruals-and-separation

East Aurora Union Free School District – High School Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2016M-163)

… The East Aurora Union Free School District is located in the Towns of Aurora, Colden and Elma in Erie County. The District, which operates three schools … 31 classes and clubs that deposited approximately $184,000 in receipts and disbursed $188,000 during the 2014-15 fiscal …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/02/24/east-aurora-union-free-school-district-high-school-extra-classroom

East Aurora Union Free School District - Procurement (2023M-125)

… District (District) officials procured goods and services in a competitive manner. Key Findings The Board of … officials did not always procure goods and services in a competitive manner. Officials did not update the … purchased without the benefit of competition, resulting in the increased risk that taxpayer dollars were not expended …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/01/05/east-aurora-union-free-school-district-procurement-2023m-125

Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls – Non-Payroll Disbursements (2023M-72)

… Brighter Choice Charter School for Girls (School) Board of Trustees (Board) and officials ensured non-payroll … for, and for a School-related purpose. Key Findings The Board and officials did not provide adequate oversight to … did not prepare and provide the Principal with an abstract of invoices or a list of checks to document the review and …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/charter-school/2023/09/22/brighter-choice-charter-school-girls-non-payroll-disbursements-2023m-72

West Webster Fire District – Financial Management (2023M-23)

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https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2023/07/07/west-webster-fire-district-financial-management-2023m-23

XVI.1 Financial Reporting Overview – XVI. Financial Reporting

… by the Office of the State Comptroller (the Comptroller) for preparing the State’s financial reports for the public and the Legislature in accordance with … Standards Board (GASB); the standard-setting body for governmental accounting and financial reporting …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi1-financial-reporting-overview

Cohoes Public Library – Governance and Operations (2015M-259)

… Purpose of Audit The purpose of our audit was to determine whether the Board provided adequate oversight of … Library’s charter and bylaws and the City code pertaining to the Library. The Treasurer does not submit complete and adequate monthly financial reports to the Board. The Board does not audit and approve claims …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/library/2016/04/01/cohoes-public-library-governance-and-operations-2015m-259

Payroll Improvement Project Bulletin No. PIP-005

… Navigation Paths for 9.2 . Favorites will be deleted at Go Live. Favorites established for 9.1 pages will need to be … and field changes are effective at PayServ 9.2 Go Live. Agency Actions Agency Payroll Officers should provide …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/payroll-improvement-project/pip-005-navigation-changes-payserv-92

Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company – Financial Operations (2017M-1)

… Town of Chester, Warren County. The Company is governed by a five-member Board, elected by Company members. For the 2015-16 fiscal year, the … and submitted to the Board or to the Office of the State Comptroller. The Board did not establish and implement …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-company-or-department/2017/06/16/chestertown-volunteer-fire-company-financial-operations-2017m

Bayport-Blue Point Union Free School District – Fund Balance Management (2021M-116)

… $2.4 million of fund balance that was not needed to pay operational expenses because operating surpluses of … realized. When unused appropriated fund balance is added to the surplus fund balance, the recalculated surplus fund … the statutory limit each year ranging from $1.9 million to $3.7 million or 2.5 to 4.9 percentage points. Although we …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/12/10/bayport-blue-point-union-free-school-district-fund-balance-management

Disability Retirement – Divorce and Your Benefits

… use service credit at retirement to determine a member’s pension benefit. Instead, the pension is a fixed percentage of the member’s final average … the retirement benefit. If the DRO does not specifically address a disability retirement, then the ex-spouse’s …

https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/members/divorce/disability-retirement