Category: notices
New York State Comptroller Report of Examination now available
The New York State Comptroller has completed the examination of the town’s financial condition and supervisor’s records for the period of January 1, 2017 – July 31, 2018. It was released May 29, 2019. It is available on this web site on the Documents, Forms, and Reports page, and directly at the following link:
The Comptroller’s web page with additional background related to the examination can be found at https://osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/towns/2019/parish-58.htm.
New York State Comptrollers Audit Issued
The New York State Comptroller’s Office recently released an audit of the town of Parish for the period of January 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018.
The audit is available at https://www.osc.state.ny.us/localgov/audits/towns/2019/parish-58.htm, or at the link following.
The state comptroller’s office offered this summary of the report:
The Board needs to improve its monitoring of the Town’s financial operations and take timely action to maintain the Town’s financial stability. The Board did not adopt structurally balanced budgets and did not monitor the budgets throughout the year. As a result, the Town accumulated excessive fund balances in its general funds of about $1 million and deficit fund balances in its highway funds of over $1.1 million at the end of 2017. When combined together, the general and highway town-wide funds ended 2017 with a deficit fund balance of about $166,000. The Board did not fully understand the impact of appropriating fund balance each year. As a result, it did not adopt structurally balanced budgets that provided for sufficient recurring revenues to finance recurring expenditures. Furthermore, the Board did not adequately monitor the budget. Because officials did not maintain sufficient levels of fund balance in the highway funds to support current operations, the Town relied on interfund loans and short-term borrowings during our audit period. Finally, the Supervisor did not provide the Board with accurate financial reports for managing financial condition.
Dog enumeration beginning July 1, 2019
The Town of Parish will be conducting a Parish Dog Enumeration (Dog Census) beginning July 1st, 2019. Under Article 7 section 109 of the Ag. & Markets Law: Licensing of Dogs: The law states that the owner of any dog reaching the age of four months shall immediately make application for a dog license. You may contact the Town Clerk’s Office if you would like more information at 315-625-4507. The clerk will assist you and answer all questions regarding dog licensing.
Town/village joint board meetings in 2019
The Village and Town Boards of Parish will hold joint meetings on March 14th, June 13th, September 12th and December 12th beginning at 7:00 p.m. The joint meetings will be held at 2938 East Main Street, Parish, New York in the Village Gym.
All joint meetings are opened to the public and will be held on the designated dates listed above unless otherwise advertised.
Parish Town Board regular meetings – 2019
The Parish Town Board will hold their Regular Monthly Board Meetings on the 3rd Thursday of every month beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Parish Town Board will also hold monthly workshops on the 4th Thursday of every month as needed beginning at 6:30 p.m. All meetings unless otherwise advertised will be held at 2938 East Main Street, Parish, New York. All other meetings will be published in the Queen Central and posted on the Town of Parish’s Website.