Report of State Auditor 1999

• Year: 1999
• Title: Report of the State Auditor
• CWCB Section: Finance
• Description: Evalation of Actions Taken on the 1998 Colorado Water Conservation Board Construction Fund Loan Program as of December 1999
• Publications - Doc Type: Tech Report

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32 Evaluation of Actions Taken on Colorado Water Conservation Board as of December 1999
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Water Conservation Board's Report Response I
(September 1998):
Agree. CWCB staff will explore and evaluate these and other options through a review of I
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program structure. The results will be presented to the Board for consideration by June
30, 1999. Any recommendations for legislative action will be presented to the Governor and
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the General Assembly by February 1, 1999.
The CWCB staff has already reviewed the tasks performed by its existing accounting and
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administrative staff. That analysis showed that, if we are to maintain the current level of
service, 2 new FTE may be needed to perform the routine accounting and management
functions. Two new positions,an accountant and a compliance officer,have been proposed ,
to the Department's Acting Executive Director as a decision item for the Fiscal Year 2000
budget and are pending review.
Implementation date: June 1999.
Water Conservation Board's Update (October 1999): I
In progress. As identified in Recommendation No. 17,the CWCB has hired an accountant 1
and is currently in the process of filling the contract compliance officer position. As all
current vacancies are filled, the CWCB and the Department's Accounting Section will
continue to evaluate assigned duties to ensure accurate data are kept and reported to all
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involved in the program.
Office of the State Auditor's Evaluation of Action Taken I
(December 1999):
In progress. After reviewing its accounting and administrative staff,the CWCB decided to
increase its accounting staff to address deficiencies noted in the 1998 audit. The Board has
hired both an accountant and a contract compliance officer as mentioned previously. I
According to Department staff we interviewed, the addition of these positions should
improve the deficiencies identified in the CWCB's accounting functions. The addition of I
these staff should allow the Board to better segregate duties, increase monitoring and
supervision,and improve internal controls. Until these staff are in place for a period of time,
however,it is impossible to determine what effect they will have on correcting the problems
noted by the audit.
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