NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY
CLARKESVILLE, GEORGIA REPORT ON AUDIT
OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003
STATE OF GEORGIA
DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
Russell W. Hinton State Auditor

NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY -TABLE OF CONTENTS-

SECTION I

FINANCIAL

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

EXHIBITS

GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

COMBINED STATEMENTS - OVERVIEW

A

COMBINED BALANCE SHEET

ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP

2

B

COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND

CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

4

C

COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND

CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL

GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS

5

D NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

6

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE OF REVENUE

1

STATE

12

2

LOCAL

13

3 SCHEDULE OF SALARIES AND TRAVEL

15

SECTION II FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

SECTION I FINANCIAL

RUSSELL W. HINTON
STATE AUDITOR
(404) 656-2174

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
254 Washington Street, S.W. Suite 214 Atlanta, Georgia 30334-8400
September 3, 2004

Honorable Sonny Perdue, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
and Director and Members of the Northeast Georgia Regional Library Board
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have audited the accompanying general-purpose financial statements of the Northeast Georgia Regional Library, as ofand for the year ended June 30, 2003, as listed in the table ofcontents. These general-purpose financial statements are the responsibility of the Northeast Georgia Regional Library's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these general-purpose financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States ofAmerica. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general-purpose financial statements are free ofmaterial misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As described in the notes to the general-purpose financial statements, the Library's financial statements have been prepared using a certain accounting practice and policy which, in our opinion, varies in some respects from generally accepted accounting principles. This variance is described as follows:

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* The general-purpose financial statements ofthe Library did not contain a General Fixed Assets Account Group to account for property, equipment and inexhaustible collections and books owned by the Library which should be included to conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
The aggregate effect on the general-purpose financial statements ofthis variance or omission has not been determined, but is believed to be material.
In our opinion, except for the effect on the general-purpose financial statements of the matter referred to in the third paragraph, the general-purpose financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position ofthe Northeast Georgia Regional Library as of June 30, 2003, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the general-purpose financial statements ofthe Northeast Georgia Regional Library taken as a whole. The accompanying financial schedules (Schedules 1 through 3), as listed in the table of contents, are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the general-purpose financial statements of the Northeast Georgia Regional Library. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit ofthe general-purpose financial statements and in our opinion is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the general-purpose financial statements taken as a whole.
A copy ofthis report has been filed as a permanent record in the office ofthe State Auditor and made available to the press ofthe State, as provided for by Official Code ofGeorgia Annotated Section 506-24.
Respectfully submitted,
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State Auditor

NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP
JUNE 30, 2003

ASSETS Cash and Cash Equivalents Amount to be Provided in Future Years
For Payment of Compensated Absences
Total Assets
LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable Deferred Revenue Compensated Absences
Total Liabilities FUND EQUITY
Fund Balances Unreserved Undesignated
Total Liabilities and Fund Equity

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

SPECIAL

GENERAL

REVENUE

FUND

FUND

$ 46,869.08 $

1,650.00

$ 46,869.oa $ ==,,;,,i1,~as;;;o.;.;;.o,;,,o

$

1,650.00

$

1,650.00

$ 46,869.08

0.00

$ 46,869.08 $ ===1:l.:,6=5=0-=0=0

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EXHIBIT"A"

ACCOUNT GROUP
GENERAL LONG-TERM
DEBT

TOTALS {Memorandum Only} JUNE 30, 2003 JUNE 30, 2002

$

48,519.08 $

8,938.43

$ 26,695.48

26,695.48

29,446.15

$ 26,695.48 $

75,214.56 $ ===3=8,3=84=.5=8

$ $ 26,695.48
$ 26,695.48 $

$ 1,650.00 26,695.48
28,345.48 $

142.65 29,446.15 29,588.80

46,869.08

8,795.78

$ 26,695.48 $

75,214.56 $ ===3=8,3=84=.5=8

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003

EXHIBIT"B"

REVENUES
State Funds Federal Funds Local Funds Other Funds
Total Revenues
EXPENDITURES
Current Public Services Technical Services Support Services Maintenance and Operations Information Technology
Total Expenditures
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures
FUND BALANCE JULY 1
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30

GENERAL FUND

SPECIAL REVENUE
FUND

TOTALS {Memorandum Onl}'.}
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003 JUNE 30, 2002

$ 498,601.36 $
101,351.04 10,245.13
$ 610,197.53 $

$ 0.00
0.00 $

498,601.36 $
101,351.04 10,245.13
610,197.53 $

455,079.65 1,650.00
62,640.00 25,613.32
544,982.97

$ 211,343.66 $ 77,039.44 180,160.98 26,540.52 77,039.63
$ 572,124.23 $
$ 38,073.30 $
8,795.78

0.00 $
0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00

211,343.66 $ 77,039.44 180,160.98 26,540.52 77,039.63
572,124.23 $
38,073.30 $
8,795.78

241,170.96 72,349.52
152,650.30 13,392.80 70,942.17
550,505.75
-5,522.78
14,318.56

$ 46,869.08 $

0.00 $

46,869.08 $ ===8=,7=9=5.=78..

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY COMBINED STATEMENT OF REVENUES. EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
BUDGET AND ACTUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 2003

EXHIBIT"C"

REVENUES
State Funds Federal Funds Local Funds Other Funds
Total Revenues
EXPENDITURES
Current Public Services Technical Services Support Services Maintenance and Operations Information Technology
Total Expenditures
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures
FUND BALANCE JULY 1. 2002
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30. 2003

GENERAL FUND

BUDGET

ACTUAL

$ 485,400.48 $ 498,601.36

86,090.00

101,351.04 10,245.13

$ 571,490.48 $ 610,197.53

SPECIAL REVENUE FUND

BUDGET

ACTUAL

$ 1,650.00 $

0.00

$ 1,650.00 $

0.00

$ 229,386.96 $ 211,343.66

77,039.87

77,039.44

154,438.07

180,160.98

10,625.00

26,540.52

77,039.87

77,039.63

$ 548,529.77 $ 572,124.23

$ 22,960.71 $ 38,073.30

8,795.78

8,795.78

$ 31,756.49 $ 46,869.08

$ 1,650.00 $

0.00

$ 1,650.00 $

0.00

$

0.00 $

0.00

0.00

0.00

$ o.oo s====o=.o=o

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2003

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
REPORTING ENTITY
The Northeast Georgia Regional Library (Library) operates pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Sections 20-5-40 through 20-5-59 to provide public library services with costs shared by participating local governmental agencies and grants from the State ofGeorgia. With the exception ofthe departure from generally accepted accounting principles disclosed in these notes, the financial statements of the Library have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied to governmental units and unless otherwise disclosed in these notes, the financial statements present all fund types and account groups of the Library.
The Library Board consists of 16 members; 4 members appointed by Habersham County Library Board, 4 members appointed by Rabun County Library Board, 4 members appointed by Stephens County Library Board and 4 members appointed by White County Library Board. The Library Board is without authority to determine the amount ofits funding, except by submission ofbudget requests to local governmental units from which the Library receives support and to the State of Georgia for State and Federal funding. Membership in the Library and participation in library services is at the discretion of each participating governmental agency. The Library Board has the power to designate management, the power to retain unreserved fund balances of local and other funds for continued operations and is the lowest level of oversight responsibility for the Library's operations. The Northeast Georgia Regional Library is therefore determined to be a joint venture.
FUND ACCOUNTING
The Library uses funds and an account group to report on its financial position and the results of its operations. Fund accounting is designed to demonstrate legal compliance and to aid financial management by segregating transactions related to certain governmental functions or activities.
A fund is a separate accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts. An account group is a financial reporting device designed to provide accountability for certain assets and liabilities that are not recorded in the funds because they do not directly affect expendable available financial resources.
General Fixed Assets, which includes the Library's inexhaustible collections and books, are recorded as expenditures in the various funds at the time ofpurchase. A General Fixed Assets Account Group is not presently maintained by the Library. To conform to generally accepted accounting principles, a General Fixed Assets Account Group should be maintained for reporting the cost ofassets acquired by governmental fund types.
The general-purpose financial statements account for all State, Federal, Local and Other funds under control of the Library, in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to governmental units, unless otherwise disclosed in these notes. Funds and the account group presented in this report are as follows:
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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2003

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES - used to account for all or most of the Library's general activities. Governmental Fund Types include:
GENERAL FUND - the fund used to account for all financial resources of the Library except those required to be accounted for in another fund. These transactions relate to resources obtained and used for services provided by a Library.
SPECIAL REVENUE FUND - the fund used to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources that are legally restricted to expenditures for specified purposes. The primary type of special revenue fund consists ofproceeds received from State and Federal sources to accomplish specific objectives and are required to be accounted for separately.
ACCOUNT GROUP
GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT ACCOUNT GROUP - A financial reporting device used to account for compensated absences.
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus. All governmental funds are accounted for using a current financial resources measurement focus. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities are generally included on the balance sheet. Operating statements ofthese funds present increases (i.e., revenues and other financing sources) and decreases (i.e., expenditures and other financing uses) in net current assets. Their reported fund balance is considered a measure of available spendable resources.
Liabilities which are expected to be financed from available spendable resources are reported as liabilities in the governmental funds. Other liabilities, which are not expected to be financed from available spendable resources, are reported in the General Long-Term Debt Account Group.
Governmental funds are accounted for using the modified accrual basis ofaccounting under which:
Revenues are recognized when susceptible to accrual (i.e., when they become both measurable and available). "Measurable" means the amount of the transaction can be determined and "available" means collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. The Library considers receivables collected within sixty days after year-end to be available and therefore susceptible to accrual. Nonexchange transactions, in which the Library gives (or receives) value without directly receiving (or giving) equal value in exchange, include intergovernmental grants and donations. Revenue from grants and donations is recognized in the fiscal year in which all eligibility requirements have been satisfied.
Expenditures are generally recognized when the related fund liability is incurred.
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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2003

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BUDGET
The Northeast Georgia Regional Library's budget is a complete financial plan for the Library's fiscal year and is based upon estimates of expenditures together with probable funding sources. There is no statutory prohibition regarding overexpenditure of the budget at any level. The budget for all governmental funds is prepared by fund, function and object. The legal level ofbudget control was established by the Library at the aggregate level. The budget for governmental funds was prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The budget process begins when the Library's administration prepares a tentative aggregated budget for the Board's approval. After approval ofthis tentative budget by the Board, copies are sent to all local funding agencies. After funding approval is received from all local funding agencies, the Board makes revisions as necessary and adopts the budget. The budget is then submitted to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as a part of the Library's annual application for State aid. The Board may increase or decrease the budget at any time during the year. All unexpended budget authority lapses at fiscal year end.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
COMPOSITION OF DEPOSITS Cash and cash equivalents consist ofcash on hand, demand deposits and short-term investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of acquisition in authorized financial institutions. Georgia Laws authorize the Library to deposit its funds in one or more solvent banks or insured Federal savings and loan associations.
COMPENSATED ABSENCES
Compensated absences represent obligations ofthe Library relating to employees' rights to receive compensation for future absences based upon services already rendered. This obligation relates only to vesting accumulating leave in which payment is probable and can be reasonably estimated. No liability has been recorded in the individual funds for the current portion of this obligation as this amount is deemed immaterial to the general-purpose financial statements.
INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS
The Library has the following type of interfund transactions:
Reimbursements ofexpenditures initially made from a fund that are properly applicable to another fund are recorded as expenditures in the reimbursing fund and as reductions of expenditures in the fund that is reimbursed.

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

EXHIBIT"D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2003

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
MEMORANDUM ONLY - TOTAL COLUMNS
Total columns on the general-purpose financial statements are captioned "Memorandum Only" to indicate that they are presented only to facilitate financial analysis. Data in these columns do not present financial position or results of operations in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, nor is such data comparable to a consolidation. Interfund eliminations have not been made in the aggregation of this data.
Note 2: DEPOSITS
COLLATERALIZATION OF DEPOSITS Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) Section 45-8-12 provides that there shall not be on deposit at any time in any depository for a time longer than ten days a sum of money which has not been secured by surety bond, by guarantee of insurance, or by collateral. The aggregate ofthe face value of such surety bond and the market value of securities pledged shall be equal to not less than 110 percent ofthe public funds being secured after the deduction ofthe amount ofdeposit insurance. Ifa depository elects the pooled method (OCGA 45-8-13.1) the aggregate ofthe market value ofthe securities pledged to secure a pool ofpublic funds shall be not less than 110 percent ofthe daily pool balance. OCGA Section 45-8-11 (b) provides an officer holding public funds may, in his discretion, waive the requirement for security in the case ofoperating funds placed in demand deposit checking accounts.
Acceptable security for deposits consists of any one of or any combination of the following:
(1) Surety bond signed by a surety company duly qualified and authorized to transact business within the State of Georgia,
(2) Insurance on accounts provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
(3) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other direct obligations of the United States or of the State of Georgia,
(4) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the counties or municipalities of the State of Georgia,
(5) Bonds of any public authority created by the laws of the State of Georgia, providing that the statute that created the authority authorized the use of the bonds for this purpose,
(6) Industrial revenue bonds and bonds ofdevelopment authorities created by the laws ofthe State of Georgia, and

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2003

Note 2: DEPOSITS

(7) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations of a subsidiary corporation of the United States government, which are fully guaranteed by the United States government both as to principal and interest or debt obligations issued by the Federal Land Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Farm Credit Banks, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

CATEGORIZATION OF DEPOSITS At June 30, 2003, the bank balances were $76,367.79. The bank balances were entirely covered by Federal depository insurance or by collateral held by the Library or the Library's agent in the Library's name.

Note 3: RISK MANAGEMENT

The Library is exposed to various risks ofloss related to torts; theft of, damage to, and destruction of assets; errors or omissions; job related illness or injuries to employees; acts of God; and unemployment compensation.

The Library has obtained commercial insurance for risk ofloss associated with torts, assets, errors or omissions, job related illness or injuries to employees and acts of God. The Library has neither significantly reduced coverage for these risks nor incurred losses (settlements) which exceeded the Library's insurance coverage in any of the past three years.

The Library is self-insured with regard to unemployment compensation claims. The Library accounts for claims within the General Fund with expenditure and liability being reported when it is probable that a loss has occurred, and the amount of that loss can be reasonably estimated. The Library has not experienced any unemployment compensation claims during the last two years.

The Library has purchased a surety bond to provide additional insurance coverage as follows:

Position Covered

Amount

All Employees

$ 10,000.00

Note 4: GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT

The changes in General Long-Term Debt during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, were as follows:

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL-PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 2003

Note 4: GENERAL LONG-TERM DEBT

Compensated Absences

Balance July 1, 2002

$ 29,446.15

Deductions Annual Leave Earned and Utilized (Net)

2,750.67

Balance June 30, 2003

$ 26,695.48

Note 5: ACCUMULATED EMPLOYEES' LEAVE

The Library's personnel earn up to twenty days of annual leave each year depending on the years of service with a maximum accumulation offorty-five days. Employees are paid at their current rate of pay for unused accumulated annual leave up to the maximum accumulation upon retirement or termination of employment. See Note 1 - Compensated Absences

Note 6: RETIREMENT PLANS

TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (TRS)

TRS PLAN DESCRIPTION Substantially all librarians and clerical personnel employed by regional and county libraries are covered by the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia (TRS), which is a cost-sharing multiple employer defined benefit pension plan. TRS provides service retirement, disability retirement and survivors benefits for its members in accordance with State statute. The Teachers Retirement System of Georgia issues a separate stand alone financial audit report and a copy can be obtained from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.

TRS CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED AND MADE Employees ofthe Library who are covered by TRS are required by State statute to contribute 5% of their gross earnings to TRS. The Library makes monthly employer contributions to TRS at rates adopted by the TRS Board of Trustees in accordance with State statute and as advised by their independent actuary. The required employer contribution rate is 9.24% and employer contributions for the current fiscal year and the preceding two fiscal years are as follows:

Fiscal Year

Percentage Contributed

Required Contribution

2003 2002 2001

100% 100% 100%

$ 58,735.98 $ 56,581.95 $ 37,131.62

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003
AGENCY/FUNDING
GRANTS Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia Office of Public Library Services Salaries Travel Library Materials Maintenance and Operations Accounting System Upgrade Grant

SCHEDULE "1"

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE GENERAL FUND

$

356,981.04

3,598.13

35,332.64

89,088.65

13,600.90

$

498,601.36

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF LOCAL REVENUE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003
LOCAL SOURCES Boards of Education Habersham County White County Public Libraries Clarkesville Cleveland Cornelia Helen Rabun County

SCHEDULE "2"

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE GENERAL FUND

$

4,500.00

2,400.00

66,429.92 10,036.61
8,082.98 4,126.08 5,775.45

$

101,351.04

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NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF SALARIES AND TRAVEL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 2003

SCHEDULE "3"

NAME

Brown, Head, Murphy, Porterfield, Richardson, Shinkle, Vickery,

WilliamM. Elizabeth Ann G. Emerson Lila Martha L. John L. Sarah E.

TITLE CATEGORY
Bookmobile Technical Services Clerk Director Technical Services Librarian Circulation/Reference Librarian Librarian/Extension Services Youth Service Librarian

Totals per Report

SALARIES

TRAVEL

$ 25,145.04 33,150.00 67,365.64 $ 59,265.64 59,265.64 59,865.64 51,613.10

1,667.29 137.08 358.83
1,257.17 177.76

$ 355,670.70 $ ====3,=59=8=.1=3

See notes to the general-purpose financial statements.

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SECTION II FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS

NORTHEAST GEORGIA REGIONAL LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003
PRIOR YEAR/CURRENT YEAR
GENERAL FIXED ASSETS Failure to Maintain General Fixed Assets Account Group Finding Control Number: 6682-93-02
The audit report for the year ended June 30, 2002, noted that the management of the Northeast Georgia Regional Library had chosen not to maintain a system-wide General Fixed Assets Account Group within the formal accounting records as required by generally accepted accounting principles. In the year under review, the Library did not establish a General Fixed Assets Account Group within the formal accounting records. This condition results in the general-purpose financial statements of the Library being incomplete and not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Appropriate action should be taken by the Library to establish accounting controls and procedures to provide for maintenance ofa General Fixed Assets Account Group. These subsidiary records should include an inventory ofland, buildings, equipment and inexhaustible collections and books owned by the Library and should include, but may not be limited to, date acquired, acquisition cost, estimated replacement cost, location and description. Detailed records should be maintained of all additions and deletions to the General Fixed Assets Account Group.