Finding 1214599 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
ABC
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-05-13

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City has ongoing problems with bank reconciliations, leading to unreconciled differences and unrecorded transactions.
  • Impacted Requirements: Internal controls over financial reporting are weak, risking compliance with federal grant terms.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The City needs to enhance its bank reconciliation procedures to address these material weaknesses.

Finding Text

Material Weakness: As identified in finding 2025-001, the City’s reconciliation of bank balances continues to contain unreconciled differences and unrecorded transactions. This has continued to be a material weakness regarding internal control over financial reporting for a number of years with the City not taking effective corrective actions to resolve the issues. Although the City’s classification and reporting of allowable costs with respects to the Federal grants tested continues to be reasonable and in compliance with grant terms, without proper control over reconciliation procedures, the control over allowable costs and the reporting of allowable costs could be compromised. The City must continue to improve their bank reconciliation procedures.

Corrective Action Plan

Material Weakness: As identified in finding 2025-001, the City’s reconciliation of bank balances continues to contain unreconciled differences and unrecorded transactions. This has continued to be a material weakness regarding internal control over financial reporting for a number of years with the City not taking effective corrective actions to resolve the issues. Although the City’s classification and reporting of allowable costs with respects to the Federal grants tested continues to be reasonable and in compliance with grant terms, without proper control over reconciliation procedures, the control over allowable costs and the reporting of allowable costs could be compromised. The City must continue to improve their bank reconciliation procedures.

Categories

Allowable Costs / Cost Principles Material Weakness Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1214596 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1214597 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1214598 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.205 HIGHWAY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION $138,734
14.228 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS/STATE'S PROGRAM AND NON-ENTITLEMENT GRANTS IN HAWAII $100,302
21.027 CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS $26,188
20.607 ALCOHOL OPEN CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS $1,468
20.616 NATIONAL PRIORITY SAFETY PROGRAMS $750