Finding 947228 (2023-002)

Significant Deficiency
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2024-02-27

AI Summary

  • Issue: A required monthly deposit into the reserve account was missed, leading to a shortfall at year-end.
  • Requirements Impacted: This oversight resulted in noncompliance with loan documents.
  • Follow-Up: Implement regular monitoring and reconciliation of reserve accounts to ensure compliance, and note that the Foundation has since corrected the issue with autopay and additional deposits.

Finding Text

Condition & Criteria: In accordance with the promissory notes, Letters of Conditions and Loan Resolution Documents, the Foundation is required to make monthly deposits into a reserve account. One of the monthly deposits was not made and the account balance fell short of the requirement at year end. Cause: Lack of oversight on timing of monthly deposit resulting in deposit being made late. Effect: Noncompliance with executed loan documents. Auditor’s Recommendation: We recommend monitoring of the compliance requirements throughout the year and as part of the financial statement close process including reconciliation of all reserve accounts to ensure all have required amounts. In addition, we recommend and noted the Foundation has deposited the required amount into the account subsequent to year end. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Actions: The Foundation remedied the deficiency by depositing the required amount into the account and has an ongoing autopay set up to ensure the monthly amounts are deposited. In addition, the Foundation will reconcile the accounts regularly to ensure the requirement for the account is met.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring Matching / Level of Effort / Earmarking Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 370786 2023-002
    Significant Deficiency

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
10.766 Community Facilities Loans and Grants $7.17M