The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (Schedule) includes the Federal grant activity of the Municipality of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico (Municipality) under programs of the federal government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. 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.
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 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) and Disaster Grants- Public Assistance. Expenditures for HCV Program are equal to the ACC subsidy for the PHA fiscal period. Expenditures for Disaster Grants- Public Assistance are recognized in the period when; (a) FEMA has approved the PW and (b) eligible expenditures are incurred. 5. 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/AV are not available.
The Assistance Listing Number (ALN), formerly known as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number, is a five_x0002_digit number assigned in the awarding document for all federal assistance award mechanisms, including federal grants and cooperative agreements. Assistance listings are detailed public descriptions of federal programs that provide grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, and other types of assistance awards. The Sam.gov assistance listing is the publicly available online database showing all available Federally-funded programs.
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 Auditors’ Results Section of the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs.
The reconciliation between the expenditures in the fund financial statements and the expenditures in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is as follows:
On March 11, 2021, was signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, the latest COVID-19 stimulus package. Within ARPA, the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund provides $350 billion for states, municipalities, counties, tribes, and territories, including $130.2 billion for local governments split evenly between municipalities and counties. Accordingly, the Municipality received a grant under Counties and Non-Entitlements categories to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency and its economic impacts. The Municipality will incur ARPA grant expenditures in the following fiscal years.
The Single Audit reporting package, as defined and required in 2 CFR 200 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, could not be submitted in a timely manner. From 2017 to the present, Puerto Rico has suffered four consecutive emergencies caused by nature and health situations: Hurricane Maria, Earthquakes, COVID-19, and Hurricane Fiona. The Municipality of Santa Isabel has carried out emergency work and taken into consideration the waivers issued by the OMB, resulting in delays of the administrative work for the following years.