Finding 587673 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2024-02-01
Audit: 15023
Organization: Salt Lake City Corporation (UT)
Auditor: Eide Bailly LLP

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City failed to include all expenditures in the quarterly Project and Expenditure Reports.
  • Impacted Requirements: Reports submitted to the Department of Treasury must accurately reflect all expenditures for the reporting period.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Enhance internal controls to ensure complete and accurate reporting of all program expenditures.

Finding Text

Department of Treasury Federal Financial Assistance Listing 21.027 Award number SLT-4512 COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund Reporting Significant Deficiency in Internal Control and Immaterial Instance of Noncompliance Criteria: The quarterly Project and Expenditure Report should include all expenditures made in the reporting period. Condition: The original project and expenditure reports provided to the auditors did not include all expenditures made during the reporting periods selected for testing. Cause: The City’s internal controls related to preparation of the reports did not identify all expenditures made in the reporting periods selected for testing. Effect: The original reports submitted to the Department of Treasury were not complete. Questioned Costs: None reported Context/Sampling: We examined all four quarterly Project and Expenditure Reports for the audit period. We noted errors in one report. Repeat Finding from Prior Year(s): No Recommendation: We recommend that the City enhance internal controls to ensure all program expenditures are appropriately reported. Views of Responsible Officials: Management agrees with the finding.

Categories

Reporting Significant Deficiency Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 11231 2023-002
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.106 Airport Improvement Program $62.99M
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $18.61M
66.958 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (wifia) (e) $13.11M
21.023 Emergency Rental Assistance Program $3.23M
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/entitlement Grants $1.05M
14.231 Emergency Solutions Grant Program $925,203
14.241 Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids $905,903
14.239 Home Investment Partnerships Program $779,436
95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program $584,204
97.047 Pre-Disaster Mitigation $566,365
16.922 Equitable Sharing Program $375,508
97.090 Law Enforcement Personnel Reinmursement Agreement $328,880
16.738 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program $254,484
97.072 National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program $252,500
93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $231,643
93.558 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families $201,787
16.575 Crime Victim Assistance $145,030
97.044 Assistance to Firefighters Grant $100,914
93.566 Refugee and Entrant Assistance_state Administered Programs $51,670
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $38,000
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants $35,023
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $24,410
93.889 National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program $18,302
16.034 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $17,939
45.310 Grants to States $11,917
16.742 Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program $9,280
16.590 Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program $8,209
20.600 State and Community Highway Safety $8,159
16.582 Crime Victim Assistance/discretionary Grants $3,676
45.313 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program $2,452