Finding 948538 (2022-009)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2022
Accepted
2024-03-04
Audit: 293380
Organization: City of Espanola (NM)
Auditor: Cordova CPAS LLC

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The City failed to submit its Single Audit reporting package on time, breaching compliance with federal requirements.
  • Impacted Requirements: Submission deadline per 2 CFR Section 200.50(c) was not met, affecting compliance with the Uniform Guidance.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The City should expedite its closing processes and hire additional finance staff to ensure timely audits in the future.

Finding Text

Federal program information: Funding agency: All Programs Title: All Programs Federal Assistance Listing Number: All Programs Compliance Requirement Reporting Award Period: July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 Condition: The City’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2022, single audit reporting package was not submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within nine months after the end of the audit period as required by 2 CFR Section 200.50(c). Criteria: The Uniform Guidance requires that the Single Audit reporting package be submitted within nine months after the end of the audit period. Effect: The City is not in compliance with reporting requirements of the Uniform Guidance. Questioned Costs: None Cause: The City experienced significant turnover during this fiscal year, and it resulted in both operations and closing of the previous fiscal year to be delayed which made everything late. Auditors’ Recommendation: We recommend that the City should work to catch up the closing process in order to ensure that the next year’s audit is performed timely in order for the next year’s audit reporting package to be submitted by the federal clearing house due date. Agency’s Response: The City is immediately working to get current with the accounting processes that would enable the timely performance of the annual financial audit. The City is in the process of hiring more finance staff to ensure accounting data is captured accurately and timely. The corrective action plan will be implemented by year end 2024. The responsible party for this finding is the finance director. 151

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $548,920
16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants $215,063
66.202 Congressionally Mandated Projects $194,382
95.001 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program $96,427
16.034 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program $15,453
45.312 National Leadership Grants $10,862