Finding 1162430 (2025-005)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
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Year
2025
Accepted
2025-11-17
Audit: 372213
Organization: City of Clarion (IA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City failed to provide an accurate list of federal awards, despite knowing a single audit was required.
  • Impacted Requirements: Inadequate tracking of federal expenditures led to non-compliance with audit regulations.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The City should implement a tracking process for federal expenditures and communicate this with auditors before the audit starts.

Finding Text

Single Audit Process Criteria – Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations §200.501 states that an entity that expends $750,000 or more during the non-Federal entity’s fiscal year in Federal awards, must have a single audit or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provision in §200.501. Condition – The City did not provide an accurate listing of federal awards expended even though they were aware of the single audit requirement. Cause – The City’s management did not track expenditures of federal awards for the year ended June 30, 2025 to determine what federal audit requirements applied if any. Effect – The City’s internal control over compliance with federal audit requirements was inadequate. Recommendation – The City should establish a process to track the dollar amount of federal expenditures that were spent during the year to determine if an audit in accordance with uniform guidance is required. This should be done and communicated with the auditors before audit work begins. Response and Corrective Action Planned – The City will work on a formal process for tracking all federal grants. Conclusion – Response accepted.

Corrective Action Plan

The City will work on a formal process for tracking all federal grants so that the reported federal expenditures are accurate.

Categories

Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.760 WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES $12.20M
20.106 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT PROGRAMS, AND COVID-19 AIRPORTS PROGRAMS $30,639
14.228 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/STATE'S PROGRAM AND NON-ENTITLEMENT GRANTS IN HAWAII $6,000