Finding 555806 (2023-005)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2023
Accepted
2025-04-24
Audit: 354501
Organization: City of La Mesa (CA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City failed to submit its single audit on time, risking federal funding.
  • Impacted Requirements: The audit must be submitted within 30 days of the auditor's report or nine months after the audit period ends.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement internal controls to ensure timely audit completion and submission of federal reports.

Finding Text

Federal Program: Community Development Block Grant, Assistance Listing Number 14.218 Criteria: Per the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 2, Subtitle A, Chapter II, Part 200.507(c)(1), regulations state the audit must be submitted within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s), or nine months after the end of the audit period. Condition: The City was subject to a single audit as more than $750,000 of federal funds were expended during the fiscal year. As of the date of the issuance of the financial statements, the single audit has not been completed and therefore not submitted to the federal clearinghouse or other relevant granting agencies within the prescribed deadline. Cause: Due to delay of financial reporting and issuance of the June 30, 2023, financial statements, the City fell out of compliance with the requirements noted above. Effect: The City has put their federal funding status at risk for the delays in reporting. Questioned Costs: None. Recommendation: We recommend the City implemented internal controls to perform a timely closing of the audit, which would include the preparation of the schedule of expenditures of federal awards. This would allow for the timely submission of required report to the federal government. Managements Response: See Corrective Action Plan.

Corrective Action Plan

This issue may still exist FY 2024 and FY 2025, however, in early FY 2026 the City will appropriate additional resources to complete "catch up" bookkeeping necessary to achieve the timely closing of the books and performance of the audit in FY 2026.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $1.26M
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $565,451
20.200 Highway Research and Development Program $411,301
20.205 Highway Planning and Construction $11,820
16.922 Equitable Sharing Program $10,358