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February 13, 2016

Selected Reports issued by the Office of the State Comptroller during the week ending February 13, 2016


Selected Reports issued by the Office of the State Comptroller during the week ending

February 13, 2016
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Rochester area businessman enters guilty plea for bid rigging
Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the guilty plea of Daniel Lynch, a Rochester-area businessman, for working with others to rig the bidding process for multi-million dollar public works contracts in Monroe County.
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/feb16/020916.htm?utm_source=weeklynews20160214&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=020916release

Amount of overtime worked by employees of state agencies continues to increase
Overtime pay at state agencies jumped for the sixth straight year to a record $716 million in 2015 – up nearly $55 million from the year before, according to a reportreleased by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The total number of overtime hours worked also increased, continuing a trend that began in 2011.
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/feb16/021216.htm?utm_source=weeklynews20160214&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=021216release


Municipal audits completed

Ballston Area Recreation Commission, - Board oversight

Longwood Public Library - Managing bank accounts

Upper Mohawk Valley Regional Water Board – Water accountability


School audits completed

Madison Central School District – Procurement of professional services

Starpoint Central School District – Financial condition

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