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Finding 2023-001—Reporting BAERI acknowledges the repeated finding related to reporting. The inability to meet the reporting deadline for the 2023 audit stems from the concurrent timing of the 2022 and 2023 audits, which prevented the implementation of the corrective action plan outlined in our 2022...
Finding 2023-001—Reporting BAERI acknowledges the repeated finding related to reporting. The inability to meet the reporting deadline for the 2023 audit stems from the concurrent timing of the 2022 and 2023 audits, which prevented the implementation of the corrective action plan outlined in our 2022 audit response. BAERI has fully implemented the corrective action plan developed in response to Finding 2022-001. These corrective actions include: 1. Policies and procedures to ensure internal documentation required for the annual audit is easily accessible to finance staff and not onerous to compile for auditors. 2. The hiring and training of additional finance staff to support the implementation of these policies and ensure a smooth and timely audit process. Due to the concurrent completion of the 2022 and 2023 audits, these measures were not able to impact the 2023 audit. However, they are now in place and will be reflected in the 2024 audit, which will be completed by June 2025. Additionally, BAERI has transitioned its fiscal year from a calendar year to a federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30). This change will better align our reporting timelines with federal requirements and further support timely submissions. The 2024 audit report and SF-SAC form will be submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within nine months after the end of the audit period, demonstrating compliance with 2 CFR 200.512. BAERI remains committed to improving its compliance and ensuring timely reporting in future audits.
Recommendations: We recommend that the Authority strengthen its internal controls and improve oversight of the audit process to ensure timely completion and submission of future reports. Additionally, the recipient should work closely with the audit firm to establish clearer timelines and ensure tha...
Recommendations: We recommend that the Authority strengthen its internal controls and improve oversight of the audit process to ensure timely completion and submission of future reports. Additionally, the recipient should work closely with the audit firm to establish clearer timelines and ensure that any delays are addressed promptly. Authority Response: Leadership recognizes the federal award finding and questioned costs and is already moving forward with a systems change to ensure timeliness of completing the necessary processes with the annual audit.
Recommendation: The Authority should ensure proper internal controls are in place, including the monthly reconciliation of subsidiary ledgers to the financial statements of the Authority to prevent errors or irregularities from occurring and not being detected timely. Authority Response: Auditee ag...
Recommendation: The Authority should ensure proper internal controls are in place, including the monthly reconciliation of subsidiary ledgers to the financial statements of the Authority to prevent errors or irregularities from occurring and not being detected timely. Authority Response: Auditee agrees with the auditor and management will be responsible for implementing the corrective action plan.
Name of Auditee: Springfield Housing Authority Name of Audit Firm: EFPR Group, CPAs, PLLC Period Covered by the Audit: March 31, 2023 CAP Prepared by: Denise Jordan, Executive Director Phone: (413) 785-4500 (A) Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (2) Finding 2023-002 (a...
Name of Auditee: Springfield Housing Authority Name of Audit Firm: EFPR Group, CPAs, PLLC Period Covered by the Audit: March 31, 2023 CAP Prepared by: Denise Jordan, Executive Director Phone: (413) 785-4500 (A) Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (2) Finding 2023-002 (a) Comments on the finding and recommendation - The Authority agrees with the findings. The Authority also agrees with the recommendations, please see below for action taken. (b) Action taken - The Authority will provide on-going training for finance and accounting personnel to expand their knowledge on HUD reporting requirements related to VMS. Additionally, the Authority will conduct a thorough review to identify the root cause of the discrepancies between the VMS data and the supporting documentation. (c) Planned implementation date of corrective action - Completed by March 31, 2025.
Name of Auditee: Springfield Housing Authority Name of Audit Firm: EFPR Group, CPAs, PLLC Period Covered by the Audit: March 31, 2023 CAP Prepared by: Denise Jordan, Executive Director Phone: (413) 785-4500 (A) Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (4) Finding 2023-004 (a...
Name of Auditee: Springfield Housing Authority Name of Audit Firm: EFPR Group, CPAs, PLLC Period Covered by the Audit: March 31, 2023 CAP Prepared by: Denise Jordan, Executive Director Phone: (413) 785-4500 (A) Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (4) Finding 2023-004 (a) Comments on the finding and recommendation - The Authority agrees with the finding. The Authority also agrees with the recommendations, please see below for action taken. (b) Action taken - The Authority will continue to utilize Marcum LLP to provide ongoing fee accounting services to incorporate the recommendations listed above on a monthly basis. A comprehensive year-end checklist will continue to be utilized to ensure all general ledger activity is accurate to the underlying support. (c) Planned implementation date of corrective action - Completed by March 31, 2025.
Name of Auditee: Springfield Housing Authority Name of Audit Firm: EFPR Group, CPAs, PLLC Period Covered by the Audit: March 31, 2023 CAP Prepared by: Denise Jordan, Executive Director Phone: (413) 785-4500 (A) Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (3) Finding 2023-003 (a...
Name of Auditee: Springfield Housing Authority Name of Audit Firm: EFPR Group, CPAs, PLLC Period Covered by the Audit: March 31, 2023 CAP Prepared by: Denise Jordan, Executive Director Phone: (413) 785-4500 (A) Current Findings on the Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs (3) Finding 2023-003 (a) Comments on the finding and recommendation - The Authority agrees with the findings. However, the root of the issue is related to complications with the software conversion to Yardi. (b) Action taken - The Authority has replaced Yardi with PHA-Web for its accounting software. (c) Planned implementation date of corrective action - Completed on October 31, 2024.
The Organization will review its timesheet tracking and reconciliation procedures and make any necessary revisions to ensure that expenditures charged to grants align with the timesheets. Additionally, the Organization will reconcile timesheets to amounts allocated to grants on at least a quarterly ...
The Organization will review its timesheet tracking and reconciliation procedures and make any necessary revisions to ensure that expenditures charged to grants align with the timesheets. Additionally, the Organization will reconcile timesheets to amounts allocated to grants on at least a quarterly basis.
Management will review its financial and grant management policies to ensure that all grants are appropriately reviewed to determine if there is a federal funding component and if so, that all necessary information is obtained. Additionally, management will seek confirmation from its funders regardi...
Management will review its financial and grant management policies to ensure that all grants are appropriately reviewed to determine if there is a federal funding component and if so, that all necessary information is obtained. Additionally, management will seek confirmation from its funders regarding federal grant spending on an annual basis to determine if it exceeds the statutory thresholds requiring a Single Audit.
Management will review its financial and grant management policies to ensure that all grants are appropriately reviewed to determine if there is a federal funding component and if so, that all necessary information is obtained. Additionally, management will seek confirmation from its funders regardi...
Management will review its financial and grant management policies to ensure that all grants are appropriately reviewed to determine if there is a federal funding component and if so, that all necessary information is obtained. Additionally, management will seek confirmation from its funders regarding federal grant spending on an annual basis.
Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding: Our plan to accurately account for transactions is as follows: 1.) The organization is adding additional staff to the accounting department, which will allow for separation of duties, better tracking, and additional oversight from month to month. 2.) The CF...
Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding: Our plan to accurately account for transactions is as follows: 1.) The organization is adding additional staff to the accounting department, which will allow for separation of duties, better tracking, and additional oversight from month to month. 2.) The CFO will work closely with the Chief Development Officer and accounting personnel to develop a monthly reconciliation process that ensures contribution and special event activity is reviewed and accurately recorded in the appropriate period. This will allow us to account for transactions accurately and to remain in accordance with U.S. GAAP. This corrective action plan will be reviewed annually to ensure compliance. Anticipated Completion Date: While additional procedures were implemented in January 2023, employee turnover and the implementation of a new general ledger system created additional challenges and the procedures developed were not sufficient to prevent the identified issues. Updated procedures will begin in December 2024.
Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding: Our plan to correct the general ledger system and accurately account for transactions going forward is as follows: 1.) Hire an experienced Chief Financial Officer to implement best practices within the organization’s accounting function. 2.) Develop process...
Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding: Our plan to correct the general ledger system and accurately account for transactions going forward is as follows: 1.) Hire an experienced Chief Financial Officer to implement best practices within the organization’s accounting function. 2.) Develop processes to ensure that significant balance sheet accounts, including cash, investments, and receivables, are reviewed and reconciled each month. 3.) Hire a general ledger specialist whose primary focus will be on accounting for and reconciling receivable balances. These steps will allow us to account for transactions accurately and report correct financial statement balances. Anticipated Completion Date: The new Chief Financial Officer started September 30, 2024. The implementation of new processes and procedures will begin in December 2024 and once established will continue indefinitely. The hiring process for the additional staff is expected to commence in December 2024.
Finding 517163 (2023-004)
Significant Deficiency 2023
An action plan is for the County Auditor’s office to continue scheduling the quarterly assessments and reconciliations. The County Auditor’s office addressed taking several liabilities to Commissioner’s Court for disbursement after year end.
An action plan is for the County Auditor’s office to continue scheduling the quarterly assessments and reconciliations. The County Auditor’s office addressed taking several liabilities to Commissioner’s Court for disbursement after year end.
The County Auditor will contact IT to relinquish certain permissions from employees to ensure reestablish proper segregation of duties between the Treasurer’s Office and the Auditors.
The County Auditor will contact IT to relinquish certain permissions from employees to ensure reestablish proper segregation of duties between the Treasurer’s Office and the Auditors.
An action plan includes the County Auditor’s office/System Administrator streamlining the revenue coding and creating a template for a more user friendly format and cross training purposes. The County Auditor’s office/System Administrator is working with the software company to interface the syst...
An action plan includes the County Auditor’s office/System Administrator streamlining the revenue coding and creating a template for a more user friendly format and cross training purposes. The County Auditor’s office/System Administrator is working with the software company to interface the system into the main software to have less data entry by the County Treasurer’s office, thus preventing errors. The County Auditor’s office has met with the Departments as well as the County Treasurer’s office to develop a “revenue sheet” for each department which has each revenue and liability with the corresponding general ledger account numbers. Each department will fill this in and send to the Treasurer’s office. This will be directly recorded by the County Treasurer’s office. The County Auditor’s office is also looking into the ability to upload data from the other departments.
An action plan included hiring an outside consultant that reconciled the money market account and completed a standard operating procedure on reconciling bank statements.
An action plan included hiring an outside consultant that reconciled the money market account and completed a standard operating procedure on reconciling bank statements.
County officers and employees have diligently tried to maintain sufficient records so that the SEFA can be accurately completed. The County Clerk is working toward capturing grant transactions in a manner sufficient to readily report the necessary information required on the SEFA by the next audit p...
County officers and employees have diligently tried to maintain sufficient records so that the SEFA can be accurately completed. The County Clerk is working toward capturing grant transactions in a manner sufficient to readily report the necessary information required on the SEFA by the next audit period. The telephone number for the County Clerk is (417) 357-6127.
Statement of condition #2023-002: The Corporation did not furnish HUD a complete annual financial report within ninety (90) days following the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. Additionally, Form SF-SAC Single Audit Data Collection Form for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was not...
Statement of condition #2023-002: The Corporation did not furnish HUD a complete annual financial report within ninety (90) days following the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. Additionally, Form SF-SAC Single Audit Data Collection Form for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was not submitted to the federal audit clearinghouse in the required timeframe. Recommendation: The Corporation should submit the annual financial statements to HUD and Form SF-SAC Single Audit Data Collection Form for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 as soon as practical. Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding: Management concurs with the finding and recommendation. The audited financial statements have been submitted to HUD and the federal clearinghouse. No further action is required.
Statement of condition #2023-001: The Corporation did not make $6,943 of the total required reserve for replacement deposits during the year ended March 31, 2023. Additionally, the Corporation did not make the required reserve for replacements deposits of $579 and $382 to correct the underfunded amo...
Statement of condition #2023-001: The Corporation did not make $6,943 of the total required reserve for replacement deposits during the year ended March 31, 2023. Additionally, the Corporation did not make the required reserve for replacements deposits of $579 and $382 to correct the underfunded amount for the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Recommendation: Management should make all required deposits to the reserve for replacements fund. Management should transfer $7,904 from the operating account to the reserve for replacements fund. Action(s) Taken or Planned on the Finding: Agreed. Management concurs with the finding and the auditor's recommendation. The Corporation will make an additional deposit of $7,904 to the reserve for replacements fund.
View Audit 335075 Questioned Costs: $1
Noncompliance with Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements Description of the Finding: BSEDC failed to comply with Davis-Bacon wage requirements for a loan disbursed to one entity due to a lack of awareness of Davis-Bacon wage requirements. Davis-Bacon wages are a requirement of the Federal EDA and apply to a...
Noncompliance with Davis-Bacon Wage Requirements Description of the Finding: BSEDC failed to comply with Davis-Bacon wage requirements for a loan disbursed to one entity due to a lack of awareness of Davis-Bacon wage requirements. Davis-Bacon wages are a requirement of the Federal EDA and apply to any Federal funds to ensure the prevailing wage is paid to workers on federally funded construction-related projects. The regulations apply to any loans that are used to fund directly or indirectly projects that cost over $2,000 involving construction and/or renovation. BSEDC received a grant from the U.S. Federal EDA in April 2021. BSEDC drafted an EDA-RLF Plan that was approved by the Federal EDA and BSEDC’s Board of Directors. Within the plan was a section on Environmental Issues and Davis Bacon. Within this section of the Plan, there was discussion and direction pertaining to Environmental Issues, but nothing pertaining to Davis-Bacon. Therefore, BSEDC’s Director of Business Finance/Program Finance Director was unaware of the specific requirements related to Davis-Bacon wages and construction/renovation projects funded by the EDA-RLF loans. Not having had any experience with this, it was thought Davis-Bacon requirements only applied to financing of public projects, and not to any project funded by Federal funds. The Director of Business Finance/Program Finance Director and BSEDC’s Senior Director of Finance are now aware of, and better educated on, the Davis-Bacon requirements. The specific cause of Big Sky Finance not requiring Davis-Bacon wages on its initial loans that fit the criteria was solely based on the Director of Business Finance/Program Finance Director’s lack of knowledge of this requirement, or any previous experience having had worked with Federal loan construction projects. Planned Corrective Actions: BSEDC’s Director of Business Finance/Program Finance Director has amended the organization’s EDA-RLF Plan, including details on the Davis-Bacon requirements for any loan funding construction or renovations of more than $2,000. It will be the responsibility of Big Sky Finance to notify the borrower as soon as possible regarding the Davis-Bacon requirements for wages paid. The borrower will in turn notify their contractor of the requirement. Big Sky Finance will require evidence from the general contractor of the prevailing wages being paid prior to loan funds being disbursed. Timeline for Completion: The Davis-Bacon requirement for funds disbursed through BSEDC’s Federal EDARLF loan fund will be immediately implemented for all EDA-RLF loans funded going forward. BSEDC’s EDARLF Plan will be amended and approved by its Board of Directors within a reasonable amount of time. A draft of this change is in place. However, as a matter of practice, Davis-Bacon requirements will be adhered to from this date forward. Responsible Person or Party: BSEDC’s Director of Business Finance/Program Finance Director, will be responsible for making the changes to the plan, presenting to the Board and adhering to the plan going forward.
Financial Reporting and Review Process Description of the Finding: BSEDC did not have a secondary review process over the required financial reporting to Federal EDA. The lack of a secondary review process allowed for errors and omissions to go undetected, thus resulting in omission of $3,614 of loa...
Financial Reporting and Review Process Description of the Finding: BSEDC did not have a secondary review process over the required financial reporting to Federal EDA. The lack of a secondary review process allowed for errors and omissions to go undetected, thus resulting in omission of $3,614 of loan origination fee income and interest income from federal program income calculations. Planned Corrective Actions: BSEDC’s Senior Director of Finance and Director of Business Finance/Program Finance Director have implemented processes for the Senior Director of Finance to perform a secondary review of the required reporting to Federal EDA before it is submitted. Timeline for Completion: BSEDC implemented the secondary review process in October 2024 with the completion and submission of the FY24 annual report to Federal EDA. Responsible Person or Party: BSEDC’s Senior Director of Finance and Director of Business Finance/Program Finance Director are both responsible for ensuring that the secondary review is complete before submitting reporting to Federal EDA.
Finding No. 2023-001: Compliance with Single Audit Requirements Description of the Finding: Big Sky Economic Development Corporation, Inc. (BSEDC) did not engage to conduct a single audit for FY23 despite meeting the expenditure threshold, and the required audit report was not submitted within the p...
Finding No. 2023-001: Compliance with Single Audit Requirements Description of the Finding: Big Sky Economic Development Corporation, Inc. (BSEDC) did not engage to conduct a single audit for FY23 despite meeting the expenditure threshold, and the required audit report was not submitted within the prescribed due dates. This oversight necessitated the reissuance of the FY23 financial statement audit to complete and issue a single audit. Planned Corrective Actions: BSEDC’s Senior Director of Finance engaged with an independent auditor to complete the single audit for FY23 and re-issue the financial statement audit which was missed during the performance of the FY23 financial statement audit due to the Senior Director of Finance and the parties they engaged to perform the audit not having a clear understanding of the calculation for federal expenditures for the federal revolving loan fund. The Senior Director of Finance now has a clear understanding of the requirements for the calculation and reporting of federal expenditures in the Schedule Expenditures of Federal Awards as it relates to the federal revolving laon fund. Timeline for Completion: BSEDC engaged with an independent auditor to complete the single audit for FY23 and reissue the FY23 financial statement audit in June 2024. Expected completion is November 2024. Responsible Person or Party: BSEDC’s Senior Director of Finance is responsible for implementing the corrective action.
Project management has returned overdue refunds. We will continue to follow established protocols regarding the return of tenant's security deposits. However, we will institute a new step to safeguard against exceeding the 30-day limit to return security deposits. All Security Deposit Requests will ...
Project management has returned overdue refunds. We will continue to follow established protocols regarding the return of tenant's security deposits. However, we will institute a new step to safeguard against exceeding the 30-day limit to return security deposits. All Security Deposit Requests will be submitted to the CEO, who will verify and approve the request. All security deposit checks originate from the Metro Interfaith Offices; therefore, checks will be written within seven business days of receiving the request and returned immediately to the originating property manager. Copies of the request and check will be retained in the Financial Office of Metro Interfaith.
View Audit 335032 Questioned Costs: $1
Finding 517121 (2023-004)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Finding 2023-004 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Section III - Federal Award Findings and Question Costs (continued) Supervisors, will ensure staff complete all required trainings provided by the Division of Health Benefits. Supervisors will provide additional training, when needed to ens...
Finding 2023-004 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Section III - Federal Award Findings and Question Costs (continued) Supervisors, will ensure staff complete all required trainings provided by the Division of Health Benefits. Supervisors will provide additional training, when needed to ensure staff have a good understanding of all current and new policy as policy continuously changes. Records will be reviewed internally to ensure cases provide proper documentation. Corrective Action (continued): Proposed completion date: Corrective Actions for Finding 2023-002, 2023-003, and 2023-004 also apply to State Award Findings. Section IV - State Award Findings and Question Costs Training will be provided the week of November 20, 2023 to review findings and corrective action items. Trainings will continue every week to review policy changes, NCFAST updates as well as common errors that may be found during second party reviews. Workers will be trained on the importance of ensuring files include, online verifications, documentation of resources and ensuring, documented resources and income match information entered in NCFAST. Documentation in files should provide clear steps taken by caseworkers to determine eligibility. Checklists have been established to include errors cited during audit. Checklists are to be completed at applications and recertifications, As policy changes and new recommendations are provided by the state, checklists are updated to ensure staff are aware of the most recent policy and procedures.
Finding 517120 (2023-003)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Finding 2023-003 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Proposed completion date: Finding 2023-004 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Section III - Federal Award Findings and Question Costs (continued) Supervisors, will ensure staff complete all required trainings provided by the Divisio...
Finding 2023-003 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Proposed completion date: Finding 2023-004 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Section III - Federal Award Findings and Question Costs (continued) Supervisors, will ensure staff complete all required trainings provided by the Division of Health Benefits. Supervisors will provide additional training, when needed to ensure staff have a good understanding of all current and new policy as policy continuously changes. Records will be reviewed internally to ensure cases provide proper documentation. Amy Spring, Income Maintenance Administrator Training will be provided the week of November 20, 2023 to review findings and corrective action items. Trainings will continue every week, to review policy changes, NCFAST updates as well as common errors that may be found during second party reviews. Amy Spring, Income Maintenance Administrator Training will be provided the week of November 20, 2023 to review findings and corrective action items. Trainings will continue every week to review policy changes, NCFAST updates as well as common errors that may be found during second party reviews. Supervisors, will ensure staff complete all required trainings provided by the Division of Health Benefits. Supervisors will provide additional training, when needed to ensure staff have a good understanding of all current and new policy as policy continuously changes. Records will be reviewed internally to ensure cases provide proper documentation. Workers will be trained on the importance of ensuring files include, online verifications, documentation of resources and ensuring, documented resources and income match information entered in NCFAST. Documentation in files should provide clear steps taken by caseworkers to determine eligibility. Checklists have been established to include errors cited during audit. Checklists are to be completed at applications and recertifications, As policy changes and new recommendations are provided by the state, checklists are updated to ensure staff are aware of the most recent policy and procedures.
Finding 517119 (2023-002)
Significant Deficiency 2023
Finding 2023-002 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Training will be provided the week of September 5, 2023 to review findigns of corrective action items. Trainings will continue every week to review policy changes, NCFAST updates, as well as common errors that may be found during second par...
Finding 2023-002 Name of contact person: Corrective Action: Training will be provided the week of September 5, 2023 to review findigns of corrective action items. Trainings will continue every week to review policy changes, NCFAST updates, as well as common errors that may be found during second party reviews. Two applications cited in error were processed by temporary staff hired to assist with the volume of Crisis Intervention applications as well as the Low-Income Energy Assistance applications. Two applications cited in error were processed by an employee who has retired. Training will be provided to all temporary staff when hired to ensure applications are processed accurately and all necessary information is requested. Supervisor will be reviewing records internally to ensure accuracy of cases. Applications will be revieiwed and monitored on a rotation basis. Findings from second party reviews will be reviwed with the worker to monitor a pattern for errors and will review policy guidelines to ensure worker is knowledgeable of policy requirements. Training will also be provided to ensure all files include online verifications. Supervisors will provide training to ensure workers are aware of proper documentation required to support eligibilty decisions. Checklists have been established to include errors cited during the audit. Checklists are to be completed at all applications. Amy Spring, Income Maintenance Administrator Supervisors, will ensure staff complete all required trainings provided by the Division of Health Benefits. Supervisors will provide additional training, when needed to ensure staff have a good understanding of all current and new policy as policy continuously changes. Records will be reviewed internally to ensure cases provide proper documentation. Workers will be trained on the importance of ensuring files include, online verifications, documentation of resources and ensuring, documented resources and income match information entered in NCFAST. Documentation in files should provide clear steps taken by caseworkers to determine eligibility. Checklists have been established to include errors cited during audit. Checklists are to be completed at applications and recertifications, As policy changes and new recommendations are provided by the state, checklists are updated to ensure staff are aware of the most recent policy and procedures.
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