Audit 402958

FY End
2025-06-30
Total Expended
$16.27M
Findings
10
Programs
14
Organization: Municipality of Yauco (PR)
Year: 2025 Accepted: 2026-06-03

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Findings

ID Ref Severity Repeat Requirement
1216447 2025-006 Material Weakness Yes L
1216448 2025-006 Material Weakness Yes L
1216449 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P
1216450 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P
1216451 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P
1216452 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P
1216453 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P
1216454 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P
1216455 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P
1216456 2025-007 Material Weakness Yes P

Contacts

Name Title Type
EBAAZ6TSVJZ5 Mayra Ortiz Arroyo Auditee
7878561340 Angel Alfredo Lopez Vega Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards includes the federal grant activity of the Municipality under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2025. The information in this 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 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 (ALN), 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. 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. 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 passthrough 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 elected not use the 10% de minimis cost rate and did not charge indirect costs to federal grants during the year ended June 30, 2025.
RECONCILIATION OF EXPENDITURES PRESENTED IN THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS TO THE EXPENDITURES PRESENTED IN THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, the Municipality paid the amount of $668,000 in principal as repayment of Section 108 Loan Guarantee Assistance Notes (LGA). The loan outstanding balance of the note payable is $459,000. See Note 13 to the financial statements.
FEMA issued to the Municipality a five-year promissory note for a maximum amount of $5,000,000 for financial assistance under the Community Disaster Loans (“CDL”) program, bearing interest at 0.500% annually. The program provides 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. The principal balance at June 30, 2025, was $3,912,104. 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 Schedule. Program transactions during 2024-2025 year are as follows:

Finding Details

Finding Reference: 2025-006 Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Program Title and ALN: Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDF Cluster) (ALN 93.575) Compliance Requirement: Reporting – Financial Reporting (L) (MW) Type of finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control (SD), Instance of Noncompliance (NC) Statement of Condition: During our audit procedures, we noted that during fiscal year 2024-2025, the Program did not submit the required accumulated expenditure reports within the 15-day reporting deadlines established. In addition, the final financial reports required under the award were not submitted within the 90-day deadline. Criteria Title 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Sections 200.328 and 200.329 require subrecipients to submit accurate, complete, and timely financial and performance reports in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Federal award. In addition, the subaward agreement and reporting guidelines issued by ACUDEN establish specific deadlines for the submission of required financial reports, including final reports. Cause of Condition: The condition resulted, in part, from resource constraints experienced by the Program during the fiscal year, which affected the timely preparation and submission of required financial reports to ACUDEN. Effect of Condition: The untimely submission of accumulated expenditure reports and final financial reports may impair the pass-through entity's ability to effectively monitor program activities and financial performance on a timely basis and resulted in noncompliance with the reporting requirements established under the award. Recommendation: We recommend that Program management strengthen its procedures for monitoring reporting requirements and deadlines to ensure that all required financial reports, including final reports, are submitted timely in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award. Questioned Costs: None Prior-Year Finding: This is a new finding. View of Responsible Official and Planned Corrective Action Plan: Management established corrective measures immediately upon identifying the deficiency related to the untimely submission of the required reports. The Municipality implemented formal procedures to monitor reporting deadlines and ensure the timely submission of reports required by ACUDEN. Management will continue monitoring compliance with these corrective measures to ensure the timely submission of reports in future periods. Implementation Date: July 1, 2026 Responsible Person Mrs. Mayra Ortiz Arroyo, Finance and Budget Director
Finding Reference: 2025-007 Federal Programs: All Mayor Programs and Cluster Compliance Requirement: Single Audit Act Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control (SD), Instance of Noncompliance (NC) Statement of Condition: The Single Audit Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, was not issued within nine (9) months after the ended of the audit period. The Data Collection Form and the reporting package were not submitted on a timely basis. Criteria: 2 CFR, Section 200.512 (a) (1), states that the audit, the data collection form, and the reporting package must be submitted within 30 calendar days after the auditee receives the auditor's report or nine months after the end of the audit period (whichever is earlier). Cause of Condition: Due to the delay in the preparation of the financial statements, the Municipality did not comply with the requirements established in the Uniform Guidance. Effect of Condition: The Municipality could be sanctioned by the Federal government and pass-through agencies for the noncompliance of this requirement. Recommendation: We recommend management to continue strengthening the internal controls and procedures over the accounting records in a manner that the Municipality’s process of preparation of the financial statements can be completed within a reasonable period of time. Questioned Costs: None Prior year finding: This is a new finding. View of Responsible Official and Planned Corrective Action Plan: We will improve our internal control procedures related to record keeping and adjustments in order to ensure compliance with the March 31 federal requirement. Implementation Date: During the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Responsible Person: Mrs. Mayra Ortiz Arroyo, Finance and Budget Director