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Audit follow-up: Springfield Public Schools implemented most fixes on athletic gate receipts; two safeguards remain in progress
Summary
An audit follow-up presented to the Springfield City Audit Committee found seven of nine recommended controls implemented for athletic ticket sales, while two recommendations — event-level revenue segregation and improved safeguarding of cash — remain in progress.
The Springfield City Audit Committee on an open-session agenda heard a follow-up review of the 2022 athletic gate-receipts audit from auditor Young Ngo, who said Springfield Public Schools’ ticket sales for athletic events generate "approximately $40,000 annually." Ngo told committee members the original audit identified internal-control weaknesses in cash handling including unattended cash at ticket booths, unsecured storage and instances where funds were "stored in a trunk of a vehicle" or taken home by personnel.
Ngo said the 2022 audit produced nine recommendations; as of January 2025,…
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