Notes to SEFA
Title: BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the cash basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The County of Hawai'i has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activities of the County of Hawai'i and its discretely presented component unit, the Department of Water Supply, under programs of the federal government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022. 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). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the County of Hawai'i, it is not intended to, and does not present the financial position, changes in financial position, or cash flows of the County of Hawai'i.
Title: DISASTER GRANTS - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (ALN No. 97.036)
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the cash basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The County of Hawai'i has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The County must record ALN No. 97.036 expenditures on the Schedule when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approves the County's Project Worksheets (PW), and the County has incurred the eligible expenditures. As of June 30, 2022, the County incurred $1,918,133 of eligible expenditures for the fiscal year ended, and incurred $1,783,145 of eligible expenditures in previous fiscal years. FEMA approved the related PWs in fiscal year 2022.