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Finding 507808 (2023-004)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2023
Accepted
2024-11-13
Audit: 328311
Organization: Colfax County (NM)
Auditor: Pattillo Brown & Hill LLP

AI Summary

  • Issue: The County missed deadlines for submitting required reports for the Tiger IX Grant.
  • Trend: Reports were submitted significantly late, with delays ranging from 4 to 11 months.
  • Follow-up: Ensure timely submission of future reports and review compliance with grant agreement deadlines.

Finding Text

During our testing over Tiger IX Grant, we noted the County did not submit the reports required by the grant agreement due dates. We noted the County's quarterly progress reports were submitted on the following dates: Period 7/1/2022-9/30/2022 was submitted on 6/5/2023, Period from 10/1/2022-12/31/2022 was submitted on 2/7/2023, Period from 1/1/2023-6/30/2023 was submitted on 8/2/2023.

Corrective Action Plan

Colfax County and Financail Specialist were not trained in Railroad project management. Changes in staff within the County manager's Office and private corporations, and delay in reporting ultimately resulting in disruption of reimubrsement to the COunty. Colfax County worked with NM Department of Transportation and Fedreal Railroad Administration to collect project status information and submit all outstanding progress reports. To date Colfax County has been successful in maintaining open communication and receiving support from NMDOT and FRA. All reporting requirements are current and reimbursement has been issued to the County

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Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.933 National Infrastructure Investments $7.55M
20.106 Airport Improvement Program, Covid-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs $322,508