The Comptroller of Puerto Rico issued a qualified opinion on the fiscal operations of the Mayagüez Ports Commission. A qualified opinion is issued when the noncompliance, individually or in the aggregate, is significant but not pervasive.
The Report reveals that $101,637 was improperly paid for amendments to contracts with retroactive effect. Contrary to Act 237-2004 on the Uniform Parameters in the Processes of Contracting Professional Services, Circular Letter 2012-01 of the Department of Justice, Circular Letter OC-15-03 of the Office of the Comptroller and to opinions of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, the Board departed from the cited provisions, did not protect the interests of the Commission and authorized amendments to the contracts with retroactive character.
The one-finding audit points out that the Commission registered and submitted to the Comptroller of Puerto Rico five amendments worth a total of $147,000, up to four months after they were formalized. This situation, contrary to the laws and standards in force, prevented, among other effects, the amendments from being available to citizens as public documents in the Contract Registry.
This is the second and last report of the Mayagüez Ports Commission and covers the period from August 13, 2013 to June 30, 2016.
See Audit Report M-20-04.
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