County of Grant

Finding 2024-003 Repeat Finding 2023-004 AL No.: 21.027 Program Title: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Treasury Award Number/Year: 1505-0271 / 2021 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance requires that local entities receiving federal awards establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and program compliance requirements. The Uniform Guidance further requires auditors to obtain an understanding of the local entity's internal control over federal programs. To minimize the risk of errors, internal controls should be in place for all program compliance requirements, including the approval of reports by a knowledgeable individual. Condition/Context: The County does not have controls in place to ensure there is documentation of the approval/review of reports prior to submission. The annual report selected for testing did not have documentation of review and/or approval. The sample was not statistically valid. Cause: The County did not have internal control procedures in place requiring an independent person to document their review of the reports before submission. Questioned Costs: None noted. Effect: Costs for activities that are specifically not allowed or are prohibited by the federal statutes, regulations, or the terms and conditions of the federal award could be processed under the grant. Recommendation: The County should review its internal control procedures to ensure there is a process for documentation of proper review and approval over completeness and accuracy of reports are in place before submissions are completed. Management's Response: The Finance Department continues to work on the development of the Grant Manager module of Tyler MUNIS. In 2025 it was reviewed with the Department Heads as to their responsibility to review each filing for completeness and accuracy before filing.

Finding 2024-003 Repeat Finding 2023-004 ALNo.: Program Title: Federal Agency: Award Number/Year: 21.027 COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds U.S. Department of Treasury 1505-027 l / 2021 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance requires that local entities receiving federal awards establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and program compliance requirements. The Uniform Guidance further requires auditors to obtain an understanding of the local entity's internal control over federal programs. To minimize the risk of errors, internal controls should be in place for all program compliance requirements, including the approval ofreports by a knowledgeable individual. Condition/Context: The County does not have controls in place to ensure there is documentation of the approval/review of reports prior to submission. The annual report selected for testing did not have documentation ofreview and/or approval. The sample was not statistically valid. Cause: The County did not have internal control procedures in place requiring an independent person to document their review of the reports before submission. Questioned Costs: None noted. Effect: Costs for activities that are specifically not allowed or are prohibited by the federal statutes, regulations, or the terms and conditions of the federal award could be processed under the grant. Recommendation: The County should review its internal control procedures to ensure there is a process for documentation of proper review and approval over completeness and accuracy of reports are in place before submissions are completed. Corrective Action Planned: The Finance Department, Angela Runde and Cody Blindert, continued to work on the development of the Grant Manager module of Tyler MUNIS. In 2025 it was reviewed with the Department Heads, Kessa Klaas, Cece Fink and Lori Reid as to their responsibility to review each filing for completeness and accuracy before filing. Patrick Montgomery will review with Kessa Klaas the federal program regulations and reporting requirements. A process will be implemented that all federal reports are reviewed by the Finance Director before being submitted. Anticipated Completion date: 3/1/2026.

2023-004

Finding 2024-008 Repeat Finding 2023-009 AL No.: 93.658 Program Title: Foster Care - Title IV-E Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pass-Through Agencies: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Award Number/Year 3413, 3561, 3681, 3645 / 2024 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance and State Single Audit Guidelines require that local entities receiving federal and state awards establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with laws, regulations and program compliance requirements. The Uniform Guidance and State Single Audit Guidelines further require auditors to obtain an understanding of the local entity's internal control over federal and state programs. To minimize the risk of errors, internal controls should be in place for all program compliance requirements, including the preparation and submission of monthly reports, which should be reviewed and approved by a responsible party other than the original preparer. Condition/Context: There were 13 reports for submission for the County. Three reports were selected for testing. There was no documentation of a review control by someone independent of the preparer for all three reports tested. Our sample was not statistically valid. Cause: The County did not have procedures in place requiring an independent person to review the reports before submission. Questioned Costs: None noted. Effect: Reports that contain errors could be submitted. Recommendation: We recommend that an employee other than the preparer review all reports before they are submitted to grantors. Management's Response: The Finance Department continues to work on the development of the Grant Manager module of Tyler MUNIS. In 2025 it was reviewed with the Department Heads as to their responsibility to review each filing for completeness and accuracy before filing.

Finding 2024-008 Repeat Finding 2023-009 ALNo.: Program Title: Federal Agency: Pass-Through Agencies: Award Number/Year 93.658 Foster Care - Title IV-E U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Wisconsin Department of Children and Families 3413,3561,3681,3645/2024 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance and State Single Audit Guidelines require that local entities receiving federal and state awards establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with laws, regulations and program compliance requirements. The Uniform Guidance and State Single Audit Guidelines further require auditors to obtain an understanding of the local entity's internal control over federal and state programs. To minimize the risk of errors, internal controls should be in place for all program compliance requirements, including the preparation and submission of monthly reports, which should be reviewed and approved by a responsible party other than the original preparer. Condition/Context: There were 13 reports for submission for the County. Three reports were selected for testing. There was no documentation of a review control by someone independent of the preparer for all three reports tested. Our sample was not statistically valid. Cause: The County did not have procedures in place requiring an independent person to review the reports before submission. Questioned Costs: None noted. Effect: Reports that contain errors could be submitted. Recommendation: We recommend that an employee other than the preparer review all reports before they are submitted to grantors. Corrective Action Planned: Angela Runde and Cody Blindert continued to work on the development of the Grant Manager module of Tyler MUNIS. In 2025 it was reviewed with the Department Heads, Kessa Klaas, CeCe Fink, Lori Reid and Jessica Munson as to their responsibility to review each filing for completeness and accuracy before filing. Cece Fink has designated that one person pull the information and compile the report. The workflow will route the report to Cece Fink for review and then to Patrick Montgomery for final review and approval. Anticipated Completion Date 3/1/2026.

2023-009

Finding 2023-004 AL No.: 21.027 Program Title: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Treasury Award Number/Year: 1505-0271 / 2021 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance requires that local entities receiving federal awards establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with laws, regulations and program compliance requirements. The Uniform Guidance further requires auditors to obtain an understanding of the local entity's internal control over federal programs. To minimize the risk of errors, internal controls should be in place for all program compliance requirements, including the preparation and submission of reports, which should be reviewed and approved by a responsible party other than the original preparer. Condition/Context: The County was unable to provide a transaction listing that reconciled to the amount of expenditures reported in the annual report for this program. The listing of eligible costs provided exceeded the reported amount by $487,765. Our sample was not statistically valid. Cause: The County did not have procedures in place to ensure the underlying records were in accordance with the required or stated criteria and methodology, including accuracy and completeness of the reports. Questioned Costs: None noted. Effect: Reports that contain errors could be submitted. Recommendation: We recommend that an employee other than the preparer ensure there is documentation available for all reported data before final submission of the report. Management's Response: The finance department staff will work with departmental management and fiscal staff to review current documented and/or undocumented procedures, adopting and/or updating written procedures as necessary to ensure: • All assembled reports (typically prepared by fiscal staff) are reviewed for completeness and accuracy by independent personnel (typically a department head.) • Reports be submitted on a timely basis. • Reconciliation of data on each submitted reports to the financial statements. • Reconciliation of grant period-to-date cumulative data totals to the financial statements. Additionally, the county finance team will assemble and maintain a centralized file for all county grants, requiring grant administrators (fiscal staff or department heads) to report completion dates for mandated report filings. The county finance team will also maintain a centralized data file for all county grant filings and grant documents.

Finding 2023-004 AL No.: 21.027 Program Title: COVID-19 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Treasury Award Number/Year: 1505-0271 / 2021 Condition/Context: The County was unable to provide a transaction listing that reconciled to the amount of expenditures reported in the annual report for this program. The listing of eligible costs provided exceeded the reported amount by $487,765. Our sample was not statistically valid. Management's Response: The finance department staff will work with departmental management and fiscal staff to review current documented and/or undocumented procedures, adopting and/or updating written procedures as necessary to ensure: • All assembled reports (typically prepared by fiscal staff) are reviewed for completeness and accuracy by independent personnel (typically a department head.) • Reports be submitted on a timely basis. • Reconciliation of data on each submitted reports to the financial statements. • Reconciliation of grant period-to-date cumulative data totals to the financial statements. Additionally, the county finance team will assemble and maintain a centralized file for all county grants, requiring grant administrators (fiscal staff or department heads) to report completion dates for mandated report filings. The county finance team will also maintain a centralized data file for all county grant filings and grant documents.

Finding 2023-009 AL No.: 93.658 Program Title: Foster Care – Title IV-E Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pass-Through Agencies: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Award Number/Year 3413, 3561, 3681, 3645 / 2023 Criteria: The Uniform Guidance and State Single Audit Guidelines require that local entities receiving federal and state awards establish and maintain internal control designed to reasonably ensure compliance with laws, regulations and program compliance requirements. The Uniform Guidance and State Single Audit Guidelines further require auditors to obtain an understanding of the local entity's internal control over federal and state programs. To minimize the risk of errors, internal controls should be in place for all program compliance requirements, including the preparation and submission of monthly reports, which should be reviewed and approved by a responsible party other than the original preparer. Condition/Context: There were 13 reports for submission for the County. Three reports were selected for testing. There was no documentation of a review control by someone independent of the preparer for all three reports tested. Our sample was not statistically valid. Cause: The County did not have procedures in place requiring an independent person to review the reports before submission. Questioned Costs: None noted. Effect: Reports that contain errors could be submitted. Recommendation: We recommend that an employee other than the preparer review all reports before they are submitted to grantors. Management's Response: The finance department staff will work with departmental management and fiscal staff to review current documented and/or undocumented procedures, adopting and/or updating written procedures as necessary to ensure: • All assembled reports (typically prepared by fiscal staff) are reviewed for completeness and accuracy by independent personnel (typically a department head.) • Reports be submitted on a timely basis. • Reconciliation of data on each submitted reports to the financial statements. • Reconciliation of grant period-to-date cumulative data totals to the financial statements. Additionally, the county finance team will assemble and maintain a centralized file for all county grants, requiring grant administrators (fiscal staff or department heads) to report completion dates for mandated report filings. The county finance team will also maintain a centralized data file for all county grant filings and grant documents.

Finding 2023-009 AL No.: 93.658 Program Title: Foster Care – Title IV-E Federal Agency: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pass-through Agencies: Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Award Number/Year 3413, 3561, 3681, 3645 / 2023 Condition/Context: There were 13 reports for submission for the County. Three reports were selected for testing. There was no documentation of a review control by someone independent of the preparer for all three reports tested. Our sample was not statistically valid. Management's Response: The finance department staff will work with departmental management and fiscal staff to review current documented and/or undocumented procedures, adopting and/or updating written procedures as necessary to ensure: • All assembled reports (typically prepared by fiscal staff) are reviewed for completeness and accuracy by independent personnel (typically a department head.) • Reports be submitted on a timely basis. • Reconciliation of data on each submitted reports to the financial statements. • Reconciliation of grant period-to-date cumulative data totals to the financial statements. Additionally, the county finance team will assemble and maintain a centralized file for all county grants, requiring grant administrators (fiscal staff or department heads) to report completion dates for mandated report filings. The county finance team will also maintain a centralized data file for all county grant filings and grant documents.

Finding #2021-002 ? Provider Relief Fund Reporting Federal program: Provider Relief Fund #93.498 Federal agency: Department of Health and Human Services Compliance requirement: Reporting Criteria: Agencies are required to report costs to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) using the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting portal. Condition: The County reported expenses for the same item on reporting period 1 and reporting period 2. The cost claimed on both reporting periods for the same item totaled $51,776. Cause: Costs claimed on reporting period 2 were not reviewed for amounts also claimed on reporting period 1. Effect: The amount claimed in both periods resulted in overstated period 2 healthcare related expenses of $51,776. The County did have unreimbursed general and administrative expenses on reporting period 2 for $69,854. Since overclaimed expenses were less than unreimbursed expenses, there are no questioned costs. Questioned Costs: $0 Context: The PRF reporting portal was new July 1, 2021. The County Finance Department was responsible for submitting costs to the HRSA using the PRF reporting portal. Recommendation: The County should reconcile costs claimed to accounting records and review items claimed to ensure expenses were not claimed in past reporting periods. Management Response: See corrective action plan.

Finding #2021-002 ? Provider Relief Fund Reporting Federal program: Provider Relief Fund #93.498 Federal agency: Department of Health and Human Services Compliance requirement: Reporting Criteria: Agencies are required to report costs to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) using the Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting portal. Condition: The County reported expenses for the same item on reporting period 1 and reporting period 2. The cost claimed on both reporting periods for the same item totaled $51,776. Cause: Costs claimed on reporting period 2 were not reviewed for amounts also claimed on reporting period 1. Effect: The amount claimed in both periods resulted in overstated period 2 healthcare related expenses of $51,776. The County did have unreimbursed general and administrative expenses on reporting period 2 for $69,854. Since overclaimed expenses were less than unreimbursed expenses, there are no questioned costs. Questioned Costs: $0 Context: The PRF reporting portal was new July 1, 2021. The County Finance Department was responsible for submitting costs to the HRSA using the PRF reporting portal. Recommendation: The County should reconcile costs claimed to accounting records and review items claimed to ensure expenses were not claimed in past reporting periods. Management Response: We agree with this finding. The County will perform reconciliations and check amounts claimed on future reporting periods to make sure they were not also claimed on past reporting periods. Contact Person: Amanda Degenhardt, Finance Director Anticipated Completion: Ongoing