Finding 1175180 (2024-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
A
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2026-02-24
Audit: 388784
Organization: City of Clarksville (TX)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City failed to submit the Single Audit report to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) on time, violating compliance requirements.
  • Impacted Requirements: Non-compliance with 10 TAC Section 1.403(e) and 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F regarding timely audit submissions can affect grant monitoring and future funding.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement corrective action plans promptly to ensure timely submission of audit reports and compliance with federal requirements moving forward.

Finding Text

Repeated finding of Internal Control over Reporting related to Allowable Costs and Cost Principles. In accordance with 10 TAC Section 1.403(e), if Subrecipient expends $750,000 or more in federal and/or state awards or has an outstanding loan balance associated with federal or state sources of $750,000 or more with continuing compliance requirements, or a combination thereof must have a Single Audit or Program-Specific Audit conducted. If the Subrecipient’s Single Audit is required by 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F, the report must be submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report or nine months after the end of its fiscal year. The Subrecipient is required to submit a notification to the Federal Agency within 5 business days of submission to the FAC. Along with the notice, indicate if the auditor issued a management letter and submitted a copy of the letter to the Federal Agency. During my testing of internal controls, it was identified that the City did not comply with the timely submission of the report to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report or nine months after the end of the fiscal year end 2024. Not submitting the FAC in a timely manner could impact the timeliness of the agency’s review and monitoring of related grant activity, and/or could negatively impact future funding or create increased monitoring. Due to the timing of when the 2023 audit was completed and other finding matters related to financial statements, the corrective action plans were not implemented in time to resolve those findings prior to commencement of the current year audit.

Corrective Action Plan

City of Clarksville, TX accounting department and Mayor will develop a process in which the audit will be completed in a timely manner to submit it to the FAC by hiring an auditor earlier in the year and submitting it to the Clearing house within 30 days of the audit report or nine months after the Organization’s year end. This action plan will be completed by June 30, 2026.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Reporting

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.239 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM $1.01M
10.760 WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES $550,511
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $106,968