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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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San Bernardino County Grand Jury
• 2013-2014
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Findings and Recommendations 7 findings
F1
A Sheriff-Coroner Investigator referred a specific service provider.
No recommendations for this finding
F2
The Grand Jury determined that no policy prohibits the referral of a specific cleanup company. Such conduct prohibiting the referral of a specific vendor is addressed verbally in Sheriff-Coroner initial training.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
San Bernardino Sheriff-Coroner is the OES Region 6 Mutual Aid Coordinator. In the event of a mass fatality event, the Sheriff-Coroner is tasked with coordinating adjacent county assistance. 17 2013-2014 San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report
Related Recommendations (2)
R14-10
The District follow guidelines in AR 3440 requiring that copies of all inventories should be kept at the District office or school site and that a physical inventory be conducted annually. (Finding 3) 28 2013-2014 San Bernardino County Grand Jury Final Report
R14-11
Each site administrator or designee maintain an inventory of all equipment. (Finding 3)
F4
Surrounding counties have acknowledged a need and acquired a mobile command post for their Coroner Divisions.
Related Recommendations (2)
R14-12
Each item purchased for $500 or more needs to be asset tagged then processed and submitted to the proper department/school in a timely manner. (Findings 4 and 6)
R14-13
Each site dealing with inventory management needs a barcode reader. (Finding 4)
F5
Previously approximately 75% of supplies and equipment was processed through the district warehouse and by April 10, 2014 approximately 99% was being processed through the district warehouse. Special orders that contain equipment valued at $500 or more are sometimes sent directly to the school site instead of the warehouse.
Related Recommendations (1)
R14-14
The District maintain their policy (AR 3310) of equipment purchases including special orders of equipment valued at $500 or more being sent to the District warehouse prior to distribution to school sites. (Finding 5)
F6
Some equipment valued at $500 or more was delivered to the construction site of the Adelanto High School and not received initially at the district warehouse. Non-district personnel (i.e. construction workers) were asked to sign for the shipments since no District employee was on site to expedite the delivery. District employees were not always informed of the receipt of equipment and had to travel to the construction site to asset tag items valued at $500 or more. Some pieces of equipment were then transferred to the former Goodwill campus which was serving as a temporary site for the Adelanto High School causing delays and lack of security for valuable items. Some equipment seen at the yet-to-be opened Adelanto High School did not have asset tags as of the Grand Jury visit on April 17, 2014.
Related Recommendations (1)
R14-15
As new school sites are opened in the future, the District should have a representative available on site to receive valuable equipment. (Finding 6)
F7
As noted on the declarations of surplus equipment, some of the items disposed of during the last three years had asset tag numbers and others did not. No estimated value was noted on any of the three approvals for disposal (see attachments A, B, C). The VVUHSD School Board took action on all three requests but the method for disposal of the five (5) available methods was not noted in the requests.
Related Recommendations (2)
R14-16
Adhere to VVUHSD BP 3270 for disposal of surplus items. (Finding 7)
R14-17
Declarations of surplus equipment need to have methods of disposal noted. If the equipment were purchased through federal funds or matching non-federal funds, it needs to be sold with funds distributed accordingly. (Finding 7)