February 2, 2023 Cognizant or Oversight Agency for Audit The City of Riverside respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended June 30, 2022. Name and address of independent public accounting firm: Lance, Soll & Lunghard, LLP 203 N. Brea Blvd, Suite 203 Brea, CA 92821 Audit period: 07/01/2021 to 06/30/2022 The findings from the June 30, 2022, schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in the schedule. 2022-001 ? Significant Deficiency and Compliance Finding: Timeliness of Payments made to Subrecipients Federal Award Information Federal agencies: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Program Title: Emergency Solutions Grant Program Award Numbers: E-20-MW-06-0538 and E-21-MC-06-0538 Award Years: 2021-2022 Criteria: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that payments to subrecipients for allowable costs be made within 30 days after receiving the subrecipient?s complete payment request. Condition: The City did not comply with the 30-day time period requirement for two of its subrecipients since payments to subrecipients for allowable costs were issued 42 days and 46 days after the City received the payment requests. The City has a total of five subrecipients for the program. Cause of Condition: Per inquiry with the Housing Authority Manager, the invoices were not submitted within the required timeframe because purchase orders had to be created before payment to the subrecipient could be processed. Effect or Potential Effect of Condition: The creation of purchase orders prior to the payments to subrecipients being issued led to some delays in the issuance of the payment. Questioned Costs: None. Context: For the year being audited, the payments that were late were the first payment to these subrecipients since no other payment request related to the program appear to have been submitted late. Repeat Finding: No. Recommendation: We recommend that the City implement a process to ensure that payments to subrecipients be issued within the 30-day time period as required by the Compliance supplement. Management?s Response and Corrective Action: The City is taking corrective action to ensure that purchase requisitions are completed timely and proactive communication from the originating department on the status of purchase orders is provided more frequently to ensure that vendors are paid within 30 days after receiving the subrecipient?s complete payment request. The name of the contact person responsible for the corrective action: Michelle Davis. The anticipated completion date for the corrective action: February 28,2023. If the Cognizant or Oversight Agency for Audit has questions regarding this corrective action plan, please contact Nancy Garcia, Controller, ngarcia@riversideca.gov.