A separate report of the Municipal Court transactions was filed in accordance with the requirements of the Local Finance Board.
As part of the test of the municipal court records, no attempt was made to differentiate between fines due the Township, County, or State, or to pass upon the authenticity of the preparation and procedures for complaints issued.
N.J.S.40A:5-15 States:
“All moneys, including moneys collected by taxation, received from any source by or on behalf of any local unit or any board or department thereof shall within 48 hours after the receipt thereof, either;
be paid to the officer charged with the custody of the general funds of the local unit, who shall deposit all such funds within 48 hours after the receipt thereof to the credit of the local unit in its designated legal depository, or;
be deposited to the credit of the local unit in its designated legal depository."
The examination of the payroll fund included testing the detail computation of various deductions or other credits from the payroll of Township employees, also, the examination ascertained that the accumulated withholdings were distributed to the proper agencies.
There were over-expenditures of Current Fund appropriation reserve line items as of December 31, 2013.
That the Township, prior to the encumbering of purchase orders, verify that sufficient funds are available in the applicable budget appropriation line item in order to prevent the over-expenditure of funds.
The responsible officials agree with the finding and will address the matter as part of their corrective action plan.
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, our procedures included a review of all prior year findings. There were no prior year findings.
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