Reference # and title: 2024-004 Reporting
Federal Grantor/Program Name Assistance Listing No. Award Year
State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA) 21.027 2021
Criteria or specific requirement: The Police Jury is required to submit a project
and expenditure report quarterly and annually. The ke...
Reference # and title: 2024-004 Reporting
Federal Grantor/Program Name Assistance Listing No. Award Year
State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA) 21.027 2021
Criteria or specific requirement: The Police Jury is required to submit a project
and expenditure report quarterly and annually. The key line items in the report
are obligations and expenditures.
Condition found: The report submitted in March 2025 for the period ended
December 31, 2024, did not agree with documentation for the Desoto Street
Project and the Public Works Equipment project. The Desoto Street Project
reported $300,000 in total cumulative obligations and $300,000 in total
cumulative expenditures. The project was complete on December 31, 2024,
for a total cost of $77,528. Both the cumulative obligations and expenditures
were overstated $222,472. The Public Works Equipment project total
cumulative obligations were reported as $289,426 and total cumulative
expenditures were reported as $220,000. The equipment was purchased for
$220,000. The cumulative expenditures agree to the supporting
documentation, but the cumulative obligations are overstated by $69,426.
The report did not include documentation that it was reviewed by anyone
other than the preparer.
Context: The December 31, 2024, report filed in March 2025 was tested by
comparing amounts reported for cumulative obligations and expenditures to
support for cumulative obligations and expenditures.
Possible asserted effect (cause and effect):
Cause: There is no evidence that the report was reviewed for errors by
someone other than the preparer.
Effect: The Police Jury may have unobligated amounts of $291,898 on
December 31, 2024, which was the last day to obligate the funds.
Recommendation to prevent future occurrences: The Policy Jury should
communicate with the grantor agency to determine if the amount that is not
obligated per the report should be repaid.
Origination date and prior year reference (if applicable): This finding
originated in the current fiscal year.
Corrective action planned:
Management will confer with the grantor to verify if repayment is due because
of the error.