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January 30, 2016

Selected Reports issued by the Office of the State Comptroller during the week ending January 30, 2016


Selected Reports issued by the Office of the State Comptroller during the week ending January 30, 2016
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Former Security Director of the Monroe County Water Authority Pleads Guilty to Felony Charge in Elaborate Bid-Rigging Case
Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the guilty plea of Robert Wiesner, the former Security Director for the Monroe County Water Authority, for working with others to rig the bidding process for a multi-million dollar public works contract in Monroe County. Wiesner entered a guilty plea before The Honorable Dennis M. Kehoe in Monroe County Court to the class “E” felony charge of Combination in Restraint of Trade and Competition in violation of General Business Law §§ 340 and 341, also known as a violation of New York State’s Donnelly Act.
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/jan16/012616.htm?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616release


82 School Districts in Fiscal Stress
Eighty-two school districts have been designated as fiscally stressed under New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. The scoresare based on the evaluation of 672 school districts with fiscal years ending on June 30, 2015.
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/jan16/012816.htm?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012816release


Municipal audits released

Clifton Park Water Authority – Water charges
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/specialdists/2016/cliftonparkwater.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616brelease

Cortland County Industrial Development Agency – Project management
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/ida/2016/cortlandcoida.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616brelease

Middle Country Public Library – Treasurer
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/libraries/2016/middlecountry.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616brelease

Otsego County – Cost of temporary housing
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/counties/2016/otsego.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616brelease


School Audits
 
Chazy Union Free School District – Payroll
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/schools/2016/chazy.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616arelease

Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District – Reserve funds
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/schools/2016/dobbsferry.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616arelease

Haldane Central School District – Budget transfers and information technology
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/schools/2016/haldane.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616arelease

Randolph Academy Union Free School District – Financial management
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/schools/2016/randolphacademy.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616arelease

Saranac Central School District – Payroll
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/schools/2016/saranac.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616arelease

South Seneca Central School District– Financial management
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/schools/2016/southseneca.pdf?utm_source=weeklynews20160131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=012616arelease

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