YATES TOWNSHIP DIAL-A-RIDE

Condition: Yates Township Dial-A-Ride has not developed a complete set of written procedures as required by OMB's Uniform Guidance. Criteria: Uniform Grant Guidance requires written procedures covering the following: financial management systems, cash management, payments, allowable costs, period of performance, federal timekeeping, matching or cost sharing, program income, procurement, equipment and real property, supplies, subawards to debarred and suspended parties, monitoring and reporting program performance, financial reporting, retention and access requirements for records, and subrecipient monitoring. The procedures should also include standards of conduct that cover conflicts of interest and govern the performance of Yates Township Dial-A-Ride employees engaged in the selection, award, and administration of contracts. Cause: The Dial-A-Ride has not developed the required written procedures. Effect: The Dial-A-Ride is not in compliance with the required written procedures under the Uniform Guidance. Questioned Costs: No costs have been questioned as a result of this finding. Directive: The Dial-A-Ride should develop and implement the required federal written procedures. Management?s Response--Corrective Action Plan: Contact person is Vedra Gant, Yates Township Dial-A-Ride Director, Post Office Box 147, Idlewild, Michigan 49642. Telephone (231) 745-7311. The Dial-A-Ride has already started working on the development of a complete set of written procedures as required by OMB?s Uniform Guidance. The procedures will also include standards of conduct that cover conflicts of interest and govern the performance of Yates Township Dial-A-Ride employees engaged in the selection, award, and administration of contracts.