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Audit committee hears internal claims review, seeks online-banking policy redline
Summary
The Port Washington Union Free School District audit committee reviewed the internal claims auditor’s quarterly voucher work, discussed a higher-than-usual count of voided checks, and agreed to redline a draft online-banking (ACH) policy with input from the internal auditor ahead of a recommendation to the policy committee.
Julie Epstein, chair of the Audit Committee, opened the April 15 meeting by introducing Mara Anderson, the district’s internal claims auditor, and asking her to summarize work on voucher packets.
Anderson described the claims review as the weekly examination of voucher packets that include requisitions, purchase orders, invoices and backup documentation. “What it is is all the backup paper requisition that starts if somebody needs to purchase something for goods or service ... So what we call that really is a voucher packet,” Anderson said, explaining that items over…
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