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Date Issued

Lead Hazard Control

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-001-B
    $10,731
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Complete a cost breakdown to support the $10,731 spent on a rental property, which included assistance to an ineligible unit, and repay the ineligible assistance to the U.S. Treasury from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-001-C
    $1,803,705
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Recalculate annual income for participants assisted with the 2014 lead hazard control grant to support the $1,803,705 spent. For any assistance the Health Department cannot support with complete income calculations, it should repay the U.S. Treasury from non-Federal funds, less any amount repaid as a result of recommendations 1B and 2A.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-001-D

    Develop and implement policies and procedures that clarify the definition of annual income to be used, calculation components, and the documentation required to calculate income.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-001-E

    Develop and implement procedures for quality control reviews to ensure that annual income is properly calculated.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-001-F

    Provide training on HUD’s income requirements to employees responsible for calculating income.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-002-A
    $79,738
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Provide support showing the $79,738 spent on window replacement qualified or repay the U.S. Treasury from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-002-B

    Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that all windows replaced meet lead hazard qualifications.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-002-C

    Develop and implement quality control procedures to ensure that all bid specifications are reviewed for qualified items based on the risk assessment results.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-003-A

    Update the Health Department’s work plan to include policies and procedures for defining, determining, and documenting relocation hardship for all participants.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-KC-1002-004-A

    Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that the property owners receive the required information concerning lead-based paint disclosure requirements, risk assessment results, summaries of treatments and clearances, and ongoing maintenance activities, including how to report paint deterioration.

Community Planning and Development

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1003-001-A
    $811,325
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Provide documentation to support the $811,325 in code enforcement costs (activities 591, 619, and 645), including meeting code enforcement and salary and benefit requirements,4 or repay the program from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1003-001-B

    Develop and implement a targeted code enforcement strategy that specifies deteriorating or deteriorated areas where code enforcement would be expected to arrest decline. The strategy should include a description of public or private improvements, rehabilitation, or services that would help facilitate code enforcement and also include performance metrics to track progress.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1003-001-C

    Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure that code enforcement salaries and benefits are charged and documented in accordance with program requirements.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1003-002-A
    $285,496
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Provide documentation to support $285,496 in graffiti abatement expenditures or repay the program from non-Federal funds (appendix D).

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1003-002-B

    Develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that graffiti abatement expenditures, including salaries and benefits, are accurately charged to CDBG grants and properly supported.

Community Planning and Development

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1002-001-A
    $54,473
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support the unsupported amount of match for its subgrantee or repay HUD $54,473 from non-Federal funds (appendix D).

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    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1002-001-B

    Implement written procedures to include the confirmation of match funds as part of its annual monitoring reviews of each subgrantee.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1002-001-C

    Develop and implement a written plan for its subgrantees to provide and submit supporting documentation for match funds at the end of each grant term.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1002-002-A
    $12,109
    Questioned Costs

    Recommendations with questioned costs identify costs: (A) resulting from an alleged violation of a law, regulation, contract, grant, or other document or agreement governing the use of Federal funds; (B) that are not supported by adequate documentation (also known as an unsupported cost); or (C) that appear unnecessary or unreasonable.

    Support sampled retroactive payroll costs totaling $12,109, which correspond to the actual time attributed to grants CA0689L9D011502, CA0880L9D011501, CA0881L9D011501, and CA0945L9D011506, or reimburse HUD from non-Federal funds.

  •  
    Status
      Open
      Closed
    2018-LA-1002-002-B

    Identify retroactive payroll for remaining grants (CA1162L9D011504, CA1024L9D011501, CA0694L9D011508, and CA0693L9D011508) and provide adequate documentation to support the cost or repay HUD from non-Federal funds.