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Audit committee: district audit scheduled, internal claims review shows one corrected finding
Summary
External auditors will begin work next week and the district’s internal claims review of $39.7 million found one corrected pricing discrepancy; board to consider new internal claims auditor from BOCES bid and Tricone Segura.
District officials told the board on Sept. 11 that Drescher and Malecki, the external auditors, will begin the district’s audit next week with results expected at the Oct. 16 board meeting and potential submission to the state on Oct. 17.
The audit committee reviewed $39,745,366 in claims from March through August and found one audit finding during that six‑month period. The district clarified that the original line item was listed at about $11,000 but, following internal review and vendor correction, the net discrepancy was roughly $2,200; the vendor had charged a catalog price rather than the contracted bid price and corrected the charge.
Board leaders said the district has driven down the number of findings over multiple years—citing prior totals of 168, 60, 15 and 6 findings—and set a goal of zero findings this year. The administration told the board it will recommend a new internal claims auditor using a BOCES bid and that Tricone Segura is the proposed firm under consideration; Maria, Becky and Markasia Morris were cited as staff working on that recommendation.
The board was informed that the audit committee discussion was public and that the district expects a smooth external audit process. No formal vote on the internal claims auditor was taken at the Sept. 11 meeting; administrators said the appointment and any contract would come back to the board for formal action.
