The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico issued a qualified opinion of Añasco's fiscal operations. A qualified opinion is issued when individual or combined noncompliance is significant, but not pervasive.
The Report reveals that the Municipality granted $500 in salary differential to a transitory administrative officer it designated as manager of the Transportation Program in 2018. This position was not included in the Classification and Compensation Plan for the Career Service. In addition, from 2018 to 2019, salary differentials of $67,450 were granted to 11 employees whose notification letters did not indicate the additional functions or tasks as required by Act 81-1991 of Autonomous Municipalities. These situations may lead to favoritism and do not allow adequate personnel administration on the basis of the merit system.
The three-finding audit points out that the Municipality registered copies and amendments of the contracts at the Office of the Comptroller up to 10 months later. For the audited period the Municipality granted 1,370 contracts and 575 amendments for $31,855,799. This situation prevented these documents from being accessible to the public as public documents.
The Report indicates that members of the Bidding Board not confirmed by the Municipal Legislature participated from 2017 to 2019 in 34 meetings contrary to current law and regulations. This situation could have led to the validity of the agreements made being questioned. The audit comments that, as of December 31, 2019, Añasco had seven civil lawsuits pending resolution in the courts.
The Añasco report covers the period from July 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019..
See Audit Report M-22-11.
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