Changes made after parks audit finds lax cash handling
KAILUA-KONA >> Parks supervisors are overseeing cash from facilities rentals after an audit found accounting issues.
West Hawaii Today reports three Department of Parks and Recreation offices rent out facilities to the community, bringing in $176,000 for nearly 1,300 permits last fiscal year.
The audit found instances where workers made errors, failed to make some deposits and delayed others, and did not document overages and shortages.
Legislative auditor Bonnie Nims said part of the problem is that it’s impossible to tell how much money never made it to the county.
Department deputy director James Komata said the audit provided the opportunity to improve.
The department added another paper trail when it started accepting credit cards, and has also improved training and implemented new software.
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What’s this? One of the State departments has accounting issues? Say it ain’t so…
Big Island tho
“…failed to make deposits…” There is a word for that. Theft. Whoever manages that department along with the supervisors and workers that were involved in the “failed deposits” should be fired immediately.
In the real world, “floating” deposits will get you fired. But this is a government department running a “business” with unionized protected workers after all. Together they have no idea how to run a business.
They know exactly how to run a business. It’s one for you (state or county) and two for me. Oops, did I really forget to document what we took in?
“… did not document overages …” Weekly lunch allowance?
” failed to make some deposits”>> There’s another name for that. A chargeable offense. Maybe doesn’t apply to “union” employees though?
“The department added another paper trail when it started accepting credit cards, and has also improved training and implemented new software.”….and bodycams?
In this day and age no internal control measures certainly bespeaks lack of management skills. From a State entity is ridiculous! No excuse, where are the managers. Obvious like a 3rd world operation!
Follow the paper trail. Check Uncle Billy