Misreported encumbrance

Certified 0.00 appropriated after moving 5,347.85 to budget

$5,347.85

Amount in this finding

AGrade A · provisionalLittle Falls Township

Misreported encumbrance · Verified · Updated 10/04/2026 · 2 documents

The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 expended between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1, question 6) and 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the same period (p2, question 7). It also answers that settlement spending allocations have been decided for one to two years (p3, question 14). The Township's settlement account, 02-214-41-621-000, shows journal GJ 53 of 07/17/2025, posted to record the Chapter 159 appropriations passed at the 07/14/2025 Council meeting. It moved 4,208.36 and 1,139.49 out of the settlement reserve, 5,347.85 in all. The two lines equal the checks credited on 06/23/2025 and 05/12/2025. The reserve fell from 40,562.85 to 35,215.00. The money was appropriated inside the period the report covers. If it was spent, question 6 is wrong. If it was not spent, question 7 is wrong. The report certifies 0.00 for both. The appropriation ledger that would show what the money paid for was not produced.