Village Cooperative of Sioux Falls

2023-001 – Significant deficiency – segregation of duties Criteria - Good internal control requires a segregation of duties and responsibilities such that no one employee has access to both physical assets and the related accounting records, or to all phases of a transaction. Condition - The Cooperative management agent has one employee that performs day to day management and accounting functions. Cause - The size of the Cooperative’s accounting and administrative staff precludes certain internal controls that would be preferred if the office staff were large enough to provide optimum segregation of duties. Effect - The lack of segregation of duties may result in undetected errors in financial statements and increases the possibility of misappropriation of Cooperative assets. Repeat Finding - This finding was reported in the prior period as finding 2022-001. Recommendation - The Board of Directors should remain involved in the financial affairs of the Cooperative on a regular ongoing basis to provide oversight and independent review functions and mitigate the weakness created by the lack of segregation. Auditee’s comment - The Board of Directors is and will remain involved in the financial affairs of the Cooperative. Status - Outstanding Auditor’s non-compliance code - S - Internal Control Deficiencies

The Board of Directors is and will remain involved in the financial affairs of the Cooperative.

2022-001

SECTION II ? FINDINGS ? FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDIT 2022-001 ? Significant deficiency ? segregation of duties Criteria - Good internal control requires a segregation of duties and responsibilities such that no one employee has access to both physical assets and the related accounting records, or to all phases of a transaction. Condition - The Cooperative management agent has one employee that performs day to day management and accounting functions. Cause - The size of the Cooperative?s accounting and administrative staff precludes certain internal controls that would be preferred if the office staff were large enough to provide optimum segregation of duties. Effect - The lack of segregation of duties may result in undetected errors in financial statements and increases the possibility of misappropriation of Cooperative assets. Recommendation - The Board of Directors should remain involved in the financial affairs of the Cooperative on a regular ongoing basis to provide oversight and independent review functions and mitigate the weakness created by the lack of segregation. Auditee?s comment - The Board of Directors is and will remain involved in the financial affairs of the Cooperative. Status - Outstanding Auditor?s non-compliance code - S - Internal Control Deficiencies SECTION III ? FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS ?MAJOR FEDERAL AWARD PROGRAM AUDIT No matters were reported.

Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD project FHA #091-23003 Village Cooperative of Sioux Falls Federal ID# 82-5236223 The FASS system generated the following findings from its review of the June 30, 2022 financial statements. The results of the assessment are summarized below. The project owner should provide their assigned HUD Project Manager a written response addressing each of the findings, and appropriate documentation (e.g. copies of cancelled checks, bank statements, etc.) to prove the finding has been resolved. Project Auditor Findings: The auditor reported the following findings: Compliance Oriented Findings. The Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs by the auditor contained findings related to the following Auditor Indicator Codes: Finding Reference No. / Code - Finding Condition 2022-001 / S - Internal Control Deficiencies Corrective Action(s). For all audit findings that were unresolved as of the date of the audit report, the owner must provide their HUD Project Manager a written response and supporting documentation indicating the finding has been resolved. Corrective Action Plan: The Board of Directors is and will remain involved in the financial affairs of the Cooperative.