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Tulare County Grand Jury
• 2017-2018
Where Is Trust, Transparency, and Accountability?
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⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
Findings 14 findings
F1
Page 38
EOCSD does not have administrative policies, fiscal policies, personnel policies, or purchasing policies as required.
F2
Page 38
EOCSD failed to provide subpoenaed documents after a two week extension including: A. Policy and procedures manual B. Board bylaws C. Complete board meeting minutes for 2017 D. Procedures for billing and delinquent account collection E. District Resolution approved by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to maintain bank accounts outside of the county treasurer
F3
Page 38
EOCSD failed to comply with the requirement of SB135 in selection of a treasurer.
F4
Page 38
The available office hours are inadequate to accommodate the needs of the community. EOCSD is not consistently adhering to the posted office hours.
F5
Page 38
According to the Tulare County Auditor’s records, EOCSD is delinquent in filing an audit for FYE 06-30-2016.
F6
Page 38
EOCSD does not have a General Manager.
F7
Page 38
The sole EOCSD employee is designated as an office manager. The office manager duties encompass some tasks of a General Manager.
F8
Page 38
There is limited understanding by the board members of employee duties performed. There is no established schedule for work hours or a system of tracking hours worked.
F9
Page 38
A site visit to the EOCSD office discovered no designated disabled parking.
F10
Page 38
Board meeting minutes received for 2017 indicate that previous meeting minutes were not approved
F11
Page 38
Agenda packets are not provided in a timely manner to board members.
F12
Page 38
The board of directors has not adopted rules or bylaws for conducting its meetings.
F13
Page 38
The EOCSD board consistently operates with fewer than five board members. Meetings have been cancelled for lack of a quorum.
F14
Page 38
EOCSD has not established bonding for their employee handling finances. CONCLUSION: Special districts with limited resources are often met with difficulties filling the required board seats. The Tulare County Board of Supervisors must be more proactive in discharging their supervisory duties over special districts with dysfunctional boards such as EOCSD.
Recommendations 8
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R1Page 39Hire a qualified general manager.
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R2Page 39Divide financial and administrative duties among more than one employee.
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R3Page 39Cross train board members in the operation of district functions.
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R4Page 39Seek grant funding to become compliant with state regulations requiring all customers to have their water metered by 2020.
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R5Page 39Petition the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to appoint new board members for EOCSD.
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R6Page 39Contact the California Special District Association for education and guidance.
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R7Page 39Investigate the feasibility of consolidating with other districts.
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R8Page 39A forensic audit be conducted of EOCSD REQUIRED RESPONSES: 1. Tulare County Board of Supervisors (R1-R8) 2. East Orosi Community Services District Board President (R1-R8) 3. County of Tulare Auditor-Controller (R8) 4. LAFCO (R7)