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2024-001: Internal Control Over Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Federal Grantor: U.S. Department of the Treasury Federal Assistance Listing Number: 21.027 Program Title: Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Pass-through Entity Identifying Number: N/A Award Year: 2024 Questioned Costs: None Criteria: 2 CFR 200.510(b) requires auditees to prepare a schedule of expenditures of federal awards (SEFA) which must report total federal awards expended during the audit period. At a minimum, the schedule must include: expenditures by individual federal program, name of the pass-through entity and identifying number for awards not received directly from the federal government, and the total amount provided to subrecipients from each federal program. The County has not implemented proper internal controls to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the SEFA. Condition: The 2024 SEFA reported by the County in the 2025 annual budget document did not report expenditures of $840,028 for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program. Cause: The County has not implemented a proper system of internal control over SEFA preparation, such as a reconciliation to underlying accounting records or having a separate individual review of the SEFA for clerical accuracy after it has been prepared. The discrepancy occurred due to management’s oversight. Effect: The SEFA presented for audit did not accurately reflect the County’s actual expenditures of federal awards for the year ended December 31, 2024. Recommendation: We recommend that the County implement internal controls to ensure that the SEFA completely and accurately states the expenditures of federal awards of the County each year.