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Town of Reading – Financial Management (2013M-217)
… procedures to govern the level of unexpended surplus funds to be maintained. Additionally, the Board has no policy … excessive fund balances in the town outside-village funds, 115 percent in the general fund and 93 percent in the … year’s appropriations. The Town comingled cash for various funds but did not account for cash separately by fund until …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/02/21/town-reading-financial-management-2013m-217Town of Hopewell – Fund Balance and Budget Monitoring (2013M-231)
… and an elected Town Supervisor. The Town’s main operating funds include the general fund, highway fund and water fund. For the 2012 fiscal year, expenditures from those funds totaled over $2.2 million. Key Findings The Board did … of unexpended surplus fund balance. Unexpended surplus funds were consistently more than the actual expenditures in …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2014/01/10/town-hopewell-fund-balance-and-budget-monitoring-2013m-231DiNapoli: State Pension Fund Reaches Record High of $176.2 Billion
New York State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli announced today an estimated 1302 percent rate of return for the New York State Common Retirement Fund Fund now valued at an estimated $1762 billion the highest amount ever for fiscal year ending March 31 2014
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/05/dinapoli-state-pension-fund-reaches-record-high-1762-billionTown of Cincinnatus – Financial Operations (2016M-238)
… for the general, highway, water and lighting funds total $656,407 for 2016. Key Findings The Board has not … completed for the departments that received or disbursed funds. Key Recommendations Annually review and update the … Town officials and employees who receive or disburse Town funds are audited annually. … The purpose of our audit was to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2016/10/28/town-cincinnatus-financial-operations-2016m-238Town of Plymouth – Board Oversight (2016M-190)
… Board. Budgeted appropriations for the general and highway funds for the 2016 fiscal year total approximately $1.24 … incompatible duties as she has the ability to disburse funds without anyone else’s knowledge. Key Recommendations … the risks associated with the disbursement of Town funds. … The purpose of our audit was to examine the Boards …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2016/08/26/town-plymouth-board-oversight-2016m-190Village of East Rockaway – Justice Court Operations (2017M-206)
… and Court officials could not determine the source of the funds. The Court did not properly record and deposit $1,400 in funds received during the audit period. Key Recommendations … bail records to determine how to disburse the existing funds in the bail account. Review cash receipt documentation …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/justice-court/2017/12/15/village-east-rockaway-justice-court-operations-2017m-206Pembroke Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-31)
… the District’s reserves appear to be overfunded or contain funds that are improperly restricted, and District officials … expenditures that could have been paid for with reserve funds. Key Recommendations Develop realistic estimates of … Develop a written policy that indicates the amount of funds to be reserved, how each reserve will be funded and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/06/10/pembroke-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-31Sodus Central School District – Financial Management (2016M-392)
… detailing the appropriate and necessary levels for reserve funds and how they are to be monitored, analyzed and … result in the appropriation of fund balance and reserve funds that will not be used. Adopt an adequate reserve plan … for the long-term accumulation and use of reserve funds. Develop a comprehensive multiyear financial plan to …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/12/23/sodus-central-school-district-financial-management-2016m-392New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District – Financial Management (2014M-7)
… budgets and then used $3.5 million of unexpended surplus funds to increase the retirement reserve without including … the five-year period, $4.8 million of unexpended surplus funds were used to fund the capital reserve fund. Key … Develop a plan to use excess unexpended surplus funds in a way that benefits District taxpayers such as …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2014/06/20/new-hyde-park-garden-city-park-union-free-school-district-financialSchuylerville Central School District – Fund Balance (2016M-113)
… the District transferred more than $1.4 million in excess funds from the employee benefit accrued liability reserve … the District’s reserves or the future use of the reserve funds. Key Recommendations Ensure that the amount of the … Develop a plan for the future funding and use of reserve funds and ensure amounts reserved are reasonable. … …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/08/schuylerville-central-school-district-fund-balance-2016m-113Cohoes City School District – Budgeting (2016M-111)
… how much should be accumulated and how and when the funds will be used. As of June 30, 2015, the District’s … that details funding levels and planned uses of reserve funds. Use surplus funds to fund one-time expenditures, fund needed reserves or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/07/29/cohoes-city-school-district-budgeting-2016m-111Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District – Financial Condition (2016M-402)
… limit. The Board overfunded six of the District’s reserve funds by almost $30.5 million and did not have documentation … is not needed to fund District operations. Ensure reserve funds are financed in accordance with District standards and use any excess funds identified to benefit District residents in accordance …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2017/01/27/hewlett-woodmere-union-free-school-district-financial-condition-2016m-402Village of Solvay – Financial Management (2023M-49)
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https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2023/07/14/village-solvay-financial-management-2023m-49Town of Canajoharie – Budgeting and Allocating Sales Tax Revenue (2021M-204)
… (TOV) general, TOV highway and town-wide (TW) highway funds by an average of $83,477 (21 percent) for fiscal years … $253,603 to the TW highway fund before reducing the TOV funds’ tax levies to zero. The same amount of taxes were unnecessarily levied in TOV funds, creating taxpayer inequities. Key Recommendations Use …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/03/04/town-canajoharie-budgeting-and-allocating-sales-tax-revenue-2021m-204East Rockaway Union Free School District – Extra-Classroom Activity Funds (2020M-85)
… Objective Determine whether extra-classroom activity (ECA) funds were properly accounted for, deposited timely and if … and District officials have little assurance that ECA funds are adequately safeguarded and properly accounted for. … action. … Determine whether extraclassroom activity ECA funds were properly accounted for deposited timely and if …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2021/01/15/east-rockaway-union-free-school-district-extra-classroom-activity-fundsVillage of Endicott – Budget Review (B4-16-7)
… the tentative budget for the general, electric and parking funds are reasonable. The water and sewer funds’ tentative budgets are not balanced and include a … Recommendation Address the deficits in the water and sewer funds to avoid adopting unbalanced budgets that include …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2016/04/15/village-endicott-budget-review-b4-16-7Opinion 2000-2
… issues discussed in the opinion. LOCAL LAWS -- Municipal Funds (expenditure by village to promote literary, graphic, … agreements with not-for-profit agencies accepting federal funds pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 to provide funds, services and facilities to promote progress and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-2Internal Controls Over the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery’s Federally Funded Programs
… we reviewed, for which GOSR paid $189,540, may not have been eligible for funding. In our sample, we identified …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2024/10/30/internal-controls-over-governors-office-storm-recoverys-federally-funded-programsDiNapoli: City of Troy's Finances in Precarious Position
… because of poor budgeting, the overuse of rainy day funds to finance day-to-day operations and insufficient … operating deficits in the city’s general, water and sewer funds have approached 1 percent of combined expenditures. … operating deficits and dangerously low levels of rainy day funds are due to the continued reliance on reserves and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2016/02/dinapoli-city-troys-finances-precarious-positionComptroller DiNapoli Releases State Audits
… York: Allocation and Budgetary Controls Over Unrestricted Funds (2012-S-161) Auditors found the Research Foundation's … Administration, Reporting on Foreclosure of Real Property Funds - Kings County (2013-S-2) Auditors found that … did not always properly report and account for foreclosure funds. A review of 10 of 35 foreclosures with surplus funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/01/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-state-audits