The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico issues a favorable opinion with exceptions on some administrative controls, collections, and permanent works and improvements of the Municipality of Carolina.
The five-finding audit notes deficiencies in collections and in the operations of accounts receivable. For example, the voided receipts did not indicate the reason for it, the official collectors performed conflicting functions, and the account information was neither reliable nor up to date.
Our auditors identified 186 employees classified as temporary for periods of up to 7 years. In addition, the Municipality kept eight special funds for $4.9 million inactive for more than 4 years and 25 bank accounts for $261,952 inactive for nearly 8 years.
The Report comments that the Municipality's Internal Audit Unit notified our Office of the irregular situation of an official in obtaining quotations for the acquisition of a fire suppression system for the Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium. This situation was also referred to the Secretary of Justice and to the Executive Director of the Office of Government Ethics in September 2011. As of the date, said situations are pending investigation by both agencies.
As of December 31, 2014, 139 civil lawsuits for $107 million remained pending resolution by the Court and 42 cases, for disciplinary actions against several employees, remained pending resolution by the Public Service Appeals Commission.
The Report covers the period from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2015.
See Audit Report M-17-32.
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