Audit 298592

FY End
2023-06-30
Total Expended
$4.00M
Findings
2
Programs
7
Organization: Municipality of Culebra (PR)
Year: 2023 Accepted: 2024-03-27
Auditor: Torres Fred & CO

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FHHXLDT9JK51 Pedro Padron Auditee
7877423006 Frankie Torres Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: BASIS OF PRESENTATION Accounting Policies: 1. The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (Schedule) includes the Federal grant activity of the Municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico (Municipality) under programs of the Federal government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023. The information in the Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Therefore, some amounts presented in this Schedule may differ from amounts presented in or used in the preparation of the basic financial statements. The reporting entity is defined in Note 1 (B) to the basic financial statements.
Title: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Accounting Policies: 1. The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. 1.       The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for the programs Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred.
Title: ASSISTANCE LISTING NUMBER Accounting Policies: 1. The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The Assistance Listing Number, formerly known as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number, is a five-digit number assigned in the awarding document for all Federal assistance awards, including Federal grants and cooperative agreements. This number is a program identification number. The first two digits identify the federal department or agency that administers the program, and the last three numbers are assigned by numerical sequence. State or local government redistributions of federal awards to the Municipality, known as “pass–through awards”, should be treated by the Municipality as though they were received directly from the federal government. The Uniform Guidance requires the schedule to include the name of the pass–through entity and the identifying number assigned by the pass-through entity for the federal awards received as a sub recipient. Numbers identified as N/A are not applicable and numbers identified as N/AV are not available.
Title: INDIRECT COSTS Accounting Policies: 1. The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Title: MAJOR PROGRAMS Accounting Policies: 1. The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Major programs are identified in the Summary of Auditor’s Results Section of the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs.
Title: RELATIONSHIP TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Accounting Policies: 1. The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. Expenditures of federal awards are reported in the Municipality’s Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances- Governmental Funds as follows: ARPA Fund - $353,103, FEMA Fund - $1,518,134, CDBG Fund - $814,747 and Other Governmental Funds - $1,317,533.
Title: COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS Accounting Policies: 1. The Schedule is prepared from Municipality’s accounting records and presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position or changes in net position of the Municipality. 2. The Municipality in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grants, records the financial transactions which are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 3. Expenditures are recognized in the accounting period in which the liability is incurred, if measurable or when actually paid, whichever occurs first. 4. Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting, except for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The Municipality has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance. See Note to the Schedule Espenditure Award

Finding Details

MUNICIPALITY OF CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 SECTION III – Federal Award Finding and Questioned Costs FINDING 2023-004 FEDERAL PROGRAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) (ASSISTANCE LISTING NO. 14.228) DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PASS THROUGH STATE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CATEGORY INTERNAL CONTROL/COMPLIANCE- SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES NONCOMPLIANCE REPORTING TOPIC SENTENCE Lack of controls over filing of quarterly financial reports. CONDITIONS As part of the evaluation of the Reporting Test we requested evidence of the filing of the Quarterly Report for the fiscal year 2022-2023. In the audit of the program, we noted the following: The quarterly reports for the following quarters had not been filed to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing: July-September 2022 October- December 2022 January-March 2023 April-June 2023 CRITERIA The delegation of funds contract signed between the Department of Housing of Puerto Rico and the Municipality establishes in its twentieth clause that the subrecipient is obliged to submit to the recipient the quarterly and annual reports for the projects developed with CDBG funds. CAUSE The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) are not maintaining adequate internal controls to guarantee timely filing of quarterly reports. EFFECT The Municipality is exposed to the risk that the Puerto Rico Department of Housing halt the process of requisitioning funds from the administration line, affecting the operation of the program and the use of funds. RECOMMENDATION We recommend that the program establish internal control measures to ensure that the program's quarterly reports are submitted on time to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing. QUESTIONED COST None PRIOR YEAR Not Applicable
MUNICIPALITY OF CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 SECTION III – Federal Award Finding and Questioned Costs FINDING 2023-004 FEDERAL PROGRAM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) (ASSISTANCE LISTING NO. 14.228) DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PASS THROUGH STATE HOUSING DEPARTMENT CATEGORY INTERNAL CONTROL/COMPLIANCE- SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES NONCOMPLIANCE REPORTING TOPIC SENTENCE Lack of controls over filing of quarterly financial reports. CONDITIONS As part of the evaluation of the Reporting Test we requested evidence of the filing of the Quarterly Report for the fiscal year 2022-2023. In the audit of the program, we noted the following: The quarterly reports for the following quarters had not been filed to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing: July-September 2022 October- December 2022 January-March 2023 April-June 2023 CRITERIA The delegation of funds contract signed between the Department of Housing of Puerto Rico and the Municipality establishes in its twentieth clause that the subrecipient is obliged to submit to the recipient the quarterly and annual reports for the projects developed with CDBG funds. CAUSE The Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) are not maintaining adequate internal controls to guarantee timely filing of quarterly reports. EFFECT The Municipality is exposed to the risk that the Puerto Rico Department of Housing halt the process of requisitioning funds from the administration line, affecting the operation of the program and the use of funds. RECOMMENDATION We recommend that the program establish internal control measures to ensure that the program's quarterly reports are submitted on time to the Puerto Rico Department of Housing. QUESTIONED COST None PRIOR YEAR Not Applicable