Finding 1171102 (2024-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2026-01-30

AI Summary

  • Issue: The City of Rose City, Texas failed to file the required Data Collection form on time due to catastrophic damage from hurricanes.
  • Impacted Requirements: This noncompliance with OMB’s Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200.512(a) may jeopardize current and future federal grant opportunities.
  • Recommendation: Implement stronger internal controls for oversight and reporting to ensure compliance with federal requirements.

Finding Text

2024-002 Compliance – Control Activities - Reporting Criteria: OMB’s Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200.512(a) requires a Data Collection form to be filed the earlier of 30 days after receipt of the Single Audit Report of nine months after year-end for those entities expending more than $750,000 of federal funds. Condition: The City of Rose City, Texas did not file the required Data Collection form within the required time period. Cause: Due to catastrophic damage to City services, including infrastructure, caused by back-to-back year Hurricanes, the City of Rose City, Texas was unable to submit the Data Collection form timely and was not in compliance with reporting requirements. Effect: The noncompliance with compliance attributes required under the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200 may affect the City of Rose City, Texas’s current grant contracts and the opportunity to qualify for future grants. Recommendation: The City of Rose City, Texas’s governance should adopt and management should implement internal controls over oversight, monitoring and reporting to ensure compliance requirements as per OMB Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200.

Corrective Action Plan

The City of Rose City, Texas’s Council has reviewed the findings indicated as 2024-001 and 2024-002 and agree with the findings. The Council adopted controls to ensure that the City will comply in all material respects with its reporting requirements as per the Texas Local Government Code and the Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200. In addition, the Council has further involved the outside independent accounting firm to assist the City in its accounting and monitoring activities.

Categories

Internal Control / Segregation of Duties Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1171100 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1171101 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $118,742
14.228 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/STATE'S PROGRAM AND NON-ENTITLEMENT GRANTS IN HAWAII $62,525