Audit 378666

Assistance Listing, Federal Agency, and Program Name ALN 14.218, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Entitlement Grants Cluster (CDBG), Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants and ALN 20.507, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Cluster, Federal Transit Formula Grants Federal Award Identification Number and Year All grants under ALN Pass through Entity N/A Finding Type Material weakness Repeat Finding No Criteria Per 2 CFR Section 200.510(b), the auditee must also prepare a schedule of expenditures of federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements, which must include the total federal awards expended determined in accordance with Section 200.502. Condition The CDBG Cluster and Federal Transit Cluster expenditures on the schedule of expenditures of federal awards (SEFA) initially presented for audit were not complete and accurate. Questioned Costs None If Questioned Costs are Not Determinable, Description of Why Known Questioned Costs Were Undetermined or Otherwise Could not be Reported Not applicable Identification of How Questioned Costs Were Computed Not applicable Context The CDBG Cluster expenditures were overstated by $792,426 and the Federal Transit Cluster expenditures were overstated by $365,634. The final SEFA has been corrected. Cause and Effect Controls in place did not ensure the SEFA was complete and accurate and as a result, the SEFA needed to be adjusted for two federal clusters. This did not impact major program determination. Recommendation The City should implement a process to ensure the expenditures reported on the SEFA are complete and accurate. Views of Responsible Officials and Corrective Action Plan Due to turnover and the loss of a long term employee new processes were implemented to prepare reporting and documentation processes for the Federal Transit Cluster. Written Standard Operating Procedures have been generated and will be updated as necessary. Reporting and draw processes have been updated to include written signatures of approval for the documentation. The staff in transit and finance work closely together to ensure the completeness of records. City of Greeley will also be organizing a formalized grants team that will be dedicated to all grant activities including the SEFA and correcting the prior staffing insufficiencies.