Audit 372579

FY End
2024-06-30
Total Expended
$7.76M
Findings
2
Programs
9

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1162976 2024-003 Material Weakness Yes L
1162977 2024-004 Material Weakness Yes L

Contacts

Name Title Type
CBESDGJG85Y3 Ruben J Torres Olivera Auditee
7878293310 Janice Roman Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (“the schedule”) includes the federal grant activity of the Municipality under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2024. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulation (CFR 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 the amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of, the basic financial statements. Because the schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the Municipality, it is not intended to, and does not present, the financial position and changes in net position of the Municipality.
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Expenditures are recognized when the related liability is incurred, following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Expenditures for the following programs are recognized based on other unique requirements: • Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV): Expenditures are reported on a statutory basis as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Such expenditures should equal the net ACC subsidy for the PHA’s fiscal period. • Public assistance grants (FEMA): Expenditures are recognized in the period when: (1) FEMA has approved the PW, and (2) eligible expenditures are incurred. • Loans or loans guarantee programs: Expenditures equal the value of new loans made or received during the audit period plus the beginning of the audit period balance of outstanding loans from previous years for which the federal government imposes continuing compliance requirements. For loans with no imposed continuing compliance requirements, expenditures are recognized when the related costs financed with loan proceeds are incurred.
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 award mechanisms, including Federal grants and cooperative agreements. 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.
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.
During fiscal year 2023-2024, there were no awards passed through to sub-recipients.
The Community Disaster Loan (CDL) provide assistance to local governments to overcome a loss in revenues as a result of a natural disaster, in order to perform its governmental operational functions. Neither principal nor interest payments are required until maturity. The terms of the loan provide that if the municipality has not recovered sufficiently to meet its operating budget after three full fiscal years, repayment of all or part of the loan may be cancelled. Federal statutes and regulations do not impose continuing compliance requirements on the outstanding balance of the loan, other than the repayment of the loan. Therefore, the outstanding balance of the loan is not included in the face of the SEFA. Program transactions during 2023-2024 year are as follows: Description Amount Outstanding note balance, at beginning of year $ 1,533,002 Note advances received during fiscal year 2023-2024 - Principal payments - Total outstanding note balance, June 30, 2024 $ 1,533,002 Current year loan expenditures $ 627,120 Unspent loan proceeds, as of June 30, 2024 $ -
The reconciliation between the expenditures in the fund financial statements and the expenditures in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is as follows: Description General Fund Adjuntas Development Fund CDBG Fund FEMA Fund ARPA Fund Head Start Fund Debt Service Fund Other Non-major Fund Total Governmental Funds Per Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards $ 627,120 $ - $ 873,480 $ 1,308,743 $ 3,082,579 $ 1,152,971 $ - $ 713,800 $ 7,758,693 Nonfederal programs expenditures and other adjustments 6,220,808 2,485,047 - - - - 1,407,027 1,403,726 11,516,608 Total expenditures in the fund financial statements $ 6,847,928 $ 2,485,047 $ 873,480 $ 1,308,743 $ 3,082,579 $ 1,152,971 $ 1,407,027 $ 2,117,526 $ 19,275,301

Finding Details

Type of finding: Federal Award. Situation: Significant deficiency; compliance with federal regulations. Federal Program: All Programs Compliance Requirements: Reporting Prior-Year(s) Audit Finding(s): None Questioned Costs: None Condition: The Single Audit reporting package, as defined and required in 2 CRF 200.512 for fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, was not submitted timely Context: The Municipality did not provide, on a timely basis, the information needed to complete the preparation and subsequent audit of their financial statements. Criteria: As per 2 CRF 200.12, the audit, data collection form, and reporting package must be submitted within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report, or nine months after the end of the audit period. Cause: The Municipality issued their June 30, 2023 on January 27, 2025 and submitted their data collection form on January 31, 2025. This situation prevented the timely submission of the current fiscal year Single Audit reporting package. Effect: Because of the situation described above, the Municipality did not comply with the report submission requirement since the audit was not submitted within nine months after their fiscal period end date. Auditor’s recommendation: Management should continue to fulfill their auditee responsibilities as stated in 2 CRF 200.508, which among other things, require management to prepare appropriate financial statements and provide the auditor with access to personnel, accounts, books, records, supporting documentation, and other information as needed for the auditor to perform the audit to ensure that subsequent financial reporting packages are submitted timely. View of responsible officials: Management concurs with the Finding. The fiscal year 2023-2024 Single Audit reporting package will be immediately uploaded to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) web portal upon receipt of the auditor’s reports. As a preventive actions for fiscal year, 2024–2025, the Municipality’s financial staff, with the support of a financial consulting firm, have been working to prepare the FY 2024-2025 financial statements and Single Audit deliverables to comply with the established deadline.
Type of finding: Federal Award. Situation: Significant deficiency; compliance with federal regulations. Federal Program: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ALN 21.027) Compliance Requirements: Reporting Prior-Year(s) Audit Finding(s): None Questioned Costs: None Condition: The Municipality did provide for our review 3 monthly reports required to be submitted to the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (Aafaf) for the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds. Program regulations state that the report must be submitted monthly. Context: The Municipality submitted to the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (Aafaf) nine out of twelve reports for the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds - Use of Funds Report for all the expenses incurred under the Assistance Program to Municipalities instead of submitting the report on a monthly basis as required by program regulations. Criteria: Under the Municipal Strengthening Fund Program, the Municipality must report to the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (Aafaf) program expenses for the month, 15 days after the end of the month. Cause: On three occasions, the Municipality did not submit the Use of Funds Report to the Aafaf by the 15th day of the following month; the expenses were incurred. Effect: The Municipality is not in compliance with its grant awards. Auditor’s recommendation: The Municipality should implement internal controls and procedures to assure that the required reports are completed and submitted in a timely manner as per program regulations. View of responsible officials: Management concurs with the Finding. We gave instructions to the Fiscal Staff to maintain a dateline control sheet to ascertain that required reports were submitted within the due date and to retain evidence on file about each submission.