Finding 1168966 (2025-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-01-14
Audit: 381606
Organization: Morrow County, Oregon (OR)
Auditor: SINGERLEWAK LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County failed to submit financial reports on time for the Federal award.
  • Impacted Requirements: Reports should be submitted within 90 days for annual and 30 days for quarterly/semiannual periods.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The County should strengthen internal controls to ensure compliance with reporting deadlines.

Finding Text

Criteria: The recipient or subrecipient must submit financial reports as required by the Federal award. Reports submitted annually by the recipient or subrecipient must be due no later than 90 calendar days after the reporting period. Reports submitted quarterly or semiannually must be due no later than 30 calendar days after the reporting period. Condition: The County did not submit the required financial reports timely. Cause: The County was unaware of the requirement to submit a financial report for this award. Effect or potential effect: Agency monitoring over the award is unable to be performed. Questioned Costs: None Recommendation: We recommend the County establish internal controls that would ensure compliance with the criteria noted above. Views of Officials: Management agrees with the finding. The County has reviewed its existing controls and procedures to identify the point of failure and has implemented changes to ensure proper review of grant requirements and timely filing of reports occur.

Corrective Action Plan

Morrow County respectfully submits the following corrective action plan in response to deficiencies reported in our audit of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. The audit was completed by the independent auditing firm SingerLewak, LLP and reported the deficiency listed below. SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY 2025-001 Late Submission of Required Reports Criteria: The recipient or subrecipient must submit financial reports as required by the Federal award. Reports submitted annually by the recipient or subrecipient must be due no later than 90 calendar days after the reporting period. Reports submitted quarterly or semiannually must be due no later than 30 calendar days after the reporting period. Condition: The County did not submit the required financial reports timely. Cause: The County was unaware of the requirement to submit a financial report for this award. Effect or potential effect: Agency monitoring over the award is unable to be performed. Questioned Costs: None Recommendation: We recommend the County establish internal controls that would ensure compliance with the criteria noted above. The County acknowledges the significant deficiency identified in the 2025 audit related to late submission of required reports. Management has reviewed its existing controls and procedures to identify the point of failure and has implemented changes to ensure proper review of grant requirements and timely filing of reports occur.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $988,278
66.202 CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED PROJECTS $685,982
21.032 LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND TRIBAL CONSISTENCY FUND $258,555
93.563 CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES $110,119
93.959 BLOCK GRANTS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE $101,775
16.827 JUSTICE REINVESTMENT INITIATIVE $100,800
93.069 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS $67,090
16.575 CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE $59,074
93.268 IMMUNIZATION COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS $54,759
64.035 VETERANS TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM $37,371
12.012 MANAGEMENT OF UNDERSIRABLE PLANTS ON FEDERAL LANDS, 7 U.S.C. 2814 $35,089
20.513 ENHANCED MOBILITY OF SENIORS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES $34,429
16.554 NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (NCHIP) $33,671
10.665 SCHOOLS AND ROADS - GRANTS TO STATES $31,287
97.067 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM $27,131
93.958 BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES $22,803
20.509 FORMULA GRANTS FOR RURAL AREAS AND TRIBAL TRANSIT PROGRAM $18,644
93.994 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT TO THE STATES $15,332
93.977 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STD) PREVENTION AND CONTROL GRANTS $14,502
93.217 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES $14,077
93.778 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM $5,431