Nassau County Sanitary District 1 Waste Fiscal Consolidation

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• Comptroller Audit Disapproves of Sani District 1 Operations
According to the Comptroller’s audit, district management does not operate the District in an economical and efficient manner; $462,000 was identified in excess costs spent by the District over the 40-month period of the audit.1

 

• Insurance after Death
The district continued to pay health insurance premiums for THREE years after an employee had passed away – even with a death certificate in the employee’s file.

 

• Unjustified Raises
The board has given raises to employees with no documented merit justification, such as a formal employee evaluation process. There continues to be an absence of documentation supporting promotions and/or discretionary raises granted to non-union personnel.1

 

• Missing Blank Checks
In December 2005 it was found that six blank checks were missing and the Treasurer had issued checks out of sequence. This mistake was pointed out by the Nassau County Comptrollers Office audit but Sanitation District 1 never rectified the matter or found the missing checks.1

 

• Bid Requests Kept Quiet
20 vendors were identified to whom the District paid more than $100,000 aggregately during the 40-month audit period, and another 15 vendors who were paid more than $10,000 aggregately in a single year. When the district published vendor bid requests, instead of placing them in large local papers or trade publications for maximum exposure, they were published in one edition of two local weekly newspapers. In addition, logs were not maintained to indicate the date and time each bid was received, and records were not maintained specifying date, time, and people present.1

 

• One Clerk, No Supervisor
One payroll clerk is responsible for all payroll duties including: preparing the biweekly payroll, checking the completed payroll and distributing the checks. However, the payroll clerk does not have a direct supervisor or anyone else who checks his/her work for accuracy; as sound business practice would mandate.1

 

1 New York State Comptroller Audit, Sanitary District No.1–Town of Hempstead. Internal Controls over Financial Operations, 11 January 2007

 

 

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