Finding 1157232 (2024-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-09-30
Audit: 369549
Organization: Town of Clarkstown (NY)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Town failed to submit the Data Collection Form on time, violating federal reporting deadlines.
  • Impacted Requirements: Non-compliance with 2 CFR 200.512 regarding timely submission of audit-related documents.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure adherence to established controls for timely preparation and filing of the SEFA and DCF.

Finding Text

CFINDINGS RELATED TO FEDERAL AWARDS Finding: 2024-001 – Untimely Submission of Data Collection form (Significant Deficiency and Compliance Finding) Agency: Department of Treasury ALN # and Title : ALN #21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Criteria: Per 2 CFR 200.512 Report Submission. (a)(1) the audit must be completed, and the Data Collection Form and reporting package must be submitted within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report, or nine months after the end of the audit period. If the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, the reporting package is due on the following next business day. Condition: In performing the audit for the current year, the filing is past the due date. The Towns’ established controls for financial reporting, including the preparation of a complete and accurate schedule of federal awards (SEFA) and filing of the DCF were not adhered to, resulting in the late filings to DCF. Questioned Costs: None noted Effect: Per CFR 200.512, the auditor must report the following as an audit finding in a schedule of findings and questioned costs. The Town is not in compliance with the Date Collection Form reporting deadline. Cause: The Town did not employ a Comptroller during most of 2024, whwhich resulted in a delay in the completion of the Single Audit. Recommendation: We recommend that the Town monitor compliance by following their established controls and processes to prepare and file an accurate SEFA by its due date. Management’s Corrective Action Plan: Management has indicated that they have put certain procedures in place as detailed in the Corrective Action Plan located in Appendix A

Corrective Action Plan

the Town has recently hired a new Cmptroller who will be overseeing all internal financial controls and processes, including the supervsion and preparation of timely annual SEFA reporting

Categories

Reporting

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $1.90M
81.128 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (eecbg) $140,000
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $104,676
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $61,909
20.600 Public Traffic Safety $34,918
16.610 Regional Information Sharing Systems $22,998
16.607 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program $21,202
16.838 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program $21,177
16.038 National Decertification Index $20,001
00.000 Seizures $8,000
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $0