Finding 1140099 (2024-002)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-06-03
Audit: 357961
Organization: City of Elizabeth (MN)
Auditor: Carlsonsv LLP

AI Summary

  • Answer: Management acknowledges a significant deficiency in financial reporting.
  • Trend: Smaller entities often lack the internal expertise for comprehensive external financial reporting.
  • List: Management plans to continue reviewing and approving financial statements while distributing them to users.

Finding Text

Management’s Response and Actions Planned: The City’s management is aware of this significant deficiency. Management reviews and approves the draft annual audited financial statements and distributes them to users. For entities of this size, it generally is not practical to obtain the internal expertise needed to handle all aspects of the external financial reporting. Management recognizes this and feels it is effectively handling its reporting responsibilities with the procedures described above.

Categories

Reporting Significant Deficiency

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 563656 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 563657 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 563658 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 563659 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1140098 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1140100 2024-001
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1140101 2024-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.760 Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities $2.29M
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $594,298