Mr. Persich, (town Comptroller)please let me know if you are able to answer these questions or if I need to do a FOIL request.
thanks
- Does the town run a deficit in any of its park funds, ie. Dix Hills Park Fund? If so, does the Open Space Funding provide supplemental revenue?
- Are amounts transferred to the general fund-townwide based on actual costs incurred rather than budget estimates?
- Have any funds that were reserved for capital projects been reserved toward the debt service fund?
- Does the interest that is generated from funds for capital projects applied toward the payment of any debt?
- Is the town consistently monitoring the snow removal vouchers to insure that these forms are consistent with the town's standard forms?
- Does the comptroller's office have the systems and procedures in place to consistently audit payment vouchers?
- Are any irregularities in reporting or budgeting included in the town's financial statement or in the preliminary budget?
- What is the ratio of pension obligations to the town's overall budget? How has that percentage grown over the last five years? Please provide specifics on where I might be able to view this information.
- Have elected officials who are members of the retirement system provided information regarding the amount of hours worked in a month?
- What is the percentage of the General - Town Outside Village fund to next year's budget appropriations?
- There was a $14,898,587 Actual Unreserved Fund Balance for the three major funds in 2008. In 2009 the amount was $11,715,368. What was the difference of $3,183,219 used for?
- Are any of the monies from the General Fund transferred to the Highway Fund?
- Does the tax rate reflect the payment of deficit financing bonds even if financing has been set aside in the reserve fund?
- Is it possible to get an itemization of the amounts of interfund transfers for 2009 and the specifics behind them?
- Is the interest on the unused funds for capital projects that were closed set aside for payment of debt service? Section 165.00(a)(b) of the Local Finance Law
- Have there been any discrepancies reported with respect to the receiving of permit fees from companies that engage in solid and liquid waste removal?
- What are the internal safeguards with respect to the collection of recyclables by the town of Huntington? In other words, is the town being compensated for all the recyclable waste that is being collected and that it is not being diverted?
- Are subsidiary records periodically being reconciled to the general ledger accounts?
- Are outside law firms submitting detailed time sheets and other supporting documentation that would be available for public review?
- Are claim vouchers sufficiently being itemized to indicate a description of services rendered by date, amount of time worked by date and hourly rates?
- Are all payments made to contractors that are above the originally agreed amount being approved by town board members?
- Has the town board adopted an operating policy for managing automotive parts at the storeroom of the General Services Garage?
- Has a standard workday been established for town board members and are time sheets being kept?
