Finding 1177654 (2024-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2026-03-10
Audit: 391077
Organization: City of Vermilion (OH)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City failed to include $381,346 of pass-through expenses in the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
  • Impacted Requirements: Noncompliance with 2 CFR Subpart F § 200.510(b) could affect future grant eligibility and audit assessments.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Ensure all federal awards and pass-through expenses are accurately recorded in future schedules to maintain compliance.

Finding Text

2 CFR Subpart F § 200.510(b) requires the auditee prepare a Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) for the period covered by the City’s financial statements which must include the total federal awards expended as determined in accordance with § 200.502. At a minimum, the schedule must: (1) List individual Federal programs by Federal agency. (2) For Federal awards received as a subrecipient, the name of the pass-through entity and identifying number assigned by the pass-through entity must be included. (3) Provide total Federal awards expended for each individual Federal program and the AL number or other identifying number when the AL number information is not available. (4) Include the total amount provided to subrecipients from each Federal program. (5) For loan or loan guarantee programs described in § 200.502 Basis for determining Federal awards expended, paragraph (b), identify in the notes to the schedule the balances outstanding at the end of the audit period. (6) Include notes that describe the significant accounting policies used in preparing the schedule, and note whether or not the auditee has elected to use the 10 percent de minimis cost rate as covered in § 200.414 Indirect (F&A) costs. The City’s internal control procedures identified and properly recorded $141,051 of Coronavirus relief funds and $577,081 of Highway Planning and Construction pass-through expenses for PID #113961 for recording in their Schedule of Federal Awards Expenditures (Schedule). The City did not identify $381,346 of pass-through expenses for PID #115721 in the Schedule related to the Highway Planning and Construction Funds. Adjustments, to which management have agreed, are reflected in the accompanying Schedule. Noncompliance with grant requirements as well as errors and omissions on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards could have an adverse effect on future grant awards by the awarding agencies in addition to an inaccurate assessment of major federal programs that would be subjected to audit.

Corrective Action Plan

We have developed a communication procedure that any such project documents that are provided to the City of Vermilion Service Department or City Engineer reflecting revenue and/or expenditures related to work conducted in the City of Vermilion will be promptly provided to the Finance Office for any transaction recording required to have the dollars accurately reflected on our financial statements. This would include road work, water, waste water, storm water or other future project areas that may be included. Once received in the Finance Department, the funding status will be verified to determine if federally sourced. All federally sourced projects will be promptly recorded as revenue or expenses of the city as well as included on the SEFA for the year in question.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Reporting

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.205 HIGHWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION $381,346
21.019 CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND $66,294