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

Click on text highlighted in color to access the full report

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