Narragansett Bay Commission Corrective Action Plan For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025 NBC acknowledges and concurs with the finding 2025-001 in the Fiscal Year 2025 Single Audit of the Narragansett Bay Commission conducted by Bacon & Company LLC. The Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility ...
Narragansett Bay Commission Corrective Action Plan For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025 NBC acknowledges and concurs with the finding 2025-001 in the Fiscal Year 2025 Single Audit of the Narragansett Bay Commission conducted by Bacon & Company LLC. The Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility Digester Complex Improvements “the Project”) has been funded by state revolving fund loan proceeds from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank (RIIB) and a Department of Energy grant. NBC’s contracting for civil projects has procedures in place to ensure the inclusion of all applicable Federal requirements as it relates to the use of RIIB funds. Although the Project followed Federal requirements as it relates to RIIB funds, NBC did not have appropriate controls in place to verify that applicable construction contracts for the Project included additional Federal requirements related to compliance with the Build America, Buy America Act as ostensibly required by the Department of Energy grant agreement. NBC has subsequently verified and received certification from the Project’s prime contractor that the Project satisfies Build America, Buy America Act requirements. Corrective Action Plan: In order to ensure that all applicable grant agreement terms are satisfied, NBC has hired a grant administrator to centralize all grant related activities within the Finance Division. NBC intends to develop additional procedures in conjunction with the acceptance and execution of a grant agreement to accomplish the following: 1) Coordinate with applicable Cost Center (as grant recipient) to verify that NBC has the ability to comply with the terms of the grant agreement, and 2) Create a comprehensive checklist of key obligations, including reporting deadlines, allowable costs, matching requirements, and special conditions and verify continued compliance on a regular interval, and 3) Limit award of contracts, expenditure of funds for grant funded projects, and reimbursement requests for grant funds until grant administrator verifies compliance with applicable terms and conditions. Anticipated Completion Date- May 31, 2026 Contact Person – Kevin McDonald, Chief Financial Officer