Corrective Action Plans

Program: Port Security Grant Program Finding: 2024-004 Contact Person: Karen Rindone Assistant Fire Chief Long Beach Fire Department Phone: (562) 570-2544 Email: Karen.Rindone@longbeach.gov Planned Actions: The Fire Department will ensure that all grant funds are expended in compliance with grant guidelines, including the completion of a biennial Equipment Inventory and the submission of a certification letter verifying its accuracy to the grantor every other year. Effective June 16, 2025, the Fire Department will conduct an Equipment Inventory and submit a verification letter to the grantor confirming its completion on a biennial basis. The current Equipment Inventory will be completed by the Support Services Bureau by September 30, 2025. The Fire Department will ensure the accompanying verification letter is sent to the grantor along with the updated inventory list. This biennial requirement will be integrated into the Department’s annual calendar. Following the FY2025 inventory, the next cycle will occur in FY2027 and continue in every odd-numbered fiscal year thereafter. Expected Completion Date: 9/30/2025 Finding: 2024-004 Program: Port Security Grant Program Federal Award Number: EMW-2021-PU-00259 Contact Person: Don Kwok Assistant Director of Finance City of Long Beach Harbor Department Phone: (562) 283-7575 Email: Don.Kwok@polb.com Finding: The Harbor Department failed to properly record the disposition of a federally funded asset. The asset was still marked as “in service” within the equipment listing for FY2024. However, the item had in fact been disposed of during FY2024 after an accident. The asset had a $0 value prior to the accident which initiated the disposal. Corrective Action Plan: The Harbor Department will enhance its written procedures on equipment disposals and provide training to appropriate Finance, Security, and Maintenance Division staff in FY 2025 to ensure compliance and timeliness in following equipment disposal procedures.

We concur with the finding and are implementing procedures to address all issues. The SF-428 is completed by Logistics utilizing data from ORMS. The report is meant to include only federally owned assets. Assets purchased by CAP with federal funds are not federally owned and should not be included in the report. Items are entered into ORMS manually and the funding source is chosen from a drop-down menu. Two vehicles were entered in fiscal year 2024, and the incorrect funding source was chosen from the drop-down menu. The correct option was right below the option chosen. The items were corrected when found during the audit. FM will work with Logistics to ensure all capitalized assets added during the fiscal year are reviewed for the correct funding source. We will review this as part of the cost review throughout the year. We will also request that a pop up or some other messaging be added to ORMS to alert the individual entering items to double check that the correct fund source has been chosen. We will implement the reviews in May 2025.