Finding 1167800 (2025-004)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-01-05
Audit: 379123
Organization: Village of Bethany (IL)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There is a lack of segregation of duties in financial processes.
  • Impacted Requirements: This affects the ability to accurately record, process, and report financial data.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Increase segregation of duties as much as possible with the current staff.

Finding Text

Criteria: Maintain adequate internal controls, including segregation of duties, in order to record, process, summarize and report financial data consistent with the assertions of management in the financial statements. Condition: Lack of segregation of duties. Cause: Due to the size of the organization, there is a limited number of accounting staff. Effect: Could adversely affect the Village’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data consistent with the assertions of management in the financial statements. Recommendation: Segregation of duties needs to be increased whenever possible with the personnel available. Response: The Village has segregated as many duties as possible given the small accounting staff.

Corrective Action Plan

Village of Bethany does not believe a Corrective Action Plan is needed for Findings 25-01 and 25-04 - Segregation of Duties. Village of Bethany has segregated as many duties as possible given the number of personnel and the budget available.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1167801 2025-005
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1167802 2025-006
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.760 WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES $2.20M