Regional School Unit 1 34 Wing Farm Parkway Bath, ME 04530 Telephone: (207) 443-6601 Facsimile: (207) 443-8295 Patrick M. Manuel, Superintendent of Schools pmanuel@rsu1.org ?Think ~ Care ~ Act? CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN (Concerning Finding 2022-002) Contact Person Responsible for Corrective Action: Debra Clark, Business Manager Corrective Action: Regional School Unit 1 offers the following response to finding 2022-002 Regional School Unit 1 acknowledges that a discussion took place regarding this finding with two of the representatives from RHR Smith. Federal procurement procedure policies were discussed and the RSU agrees that the current policies in place could be strengthened in the future with regards to federal funds. RSU 1 requested that specific examples of the language be shared by the auditing firm to ensure stronger controls moving forward. There is a procurement policy in RSU 1 and it was shared with the auditing firm. RSU 1 disagrees with the statements in this deficiency that purchase orders and invoices were missing or incomplete and the unit is not following a consistent approval process over allowable expenses. All invoices and purchase orders that were requested were provided. The RSU 1 does not require a purchase order for services and in those situations a purchase order was not provided, but a signature was provided. There were invoices for tents in response to the pandemic that were emailed to the Facilities Director and then forwarded to the finance office that were not always signed before processing, but the approval was in the grant application and the expense was approved by the Superintendent on the accounts payable warrant. Based upon these actions, the RSU 1 disagrees with this finding.