2009/04/15 Council Agenda Packet

.11 APPLICANTS required to have an audit must ensure the audit is performed in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS); Government Auditing Standards (the Revised Yellow Book) developed by the Comptroller General and the OMB Compliance Supplement. The APPLICANT has the responsibility of notifying the §tate Auditor's Office and requesting an audit. Costs of the audit are allowable grant expenditures if the grant has not been closed. The APPLICANT shall maintain records and accounts so as to facilitate the audit requirement and shall ensure that any subrecipients also maintain auditable records. The APPLICANT is responsible for any audit exceptions incurred by its own organization or that of its subrecipients. Responses to any unresolved management findings and disallowed or questioned costs shall be included with the audit report. The APPLICANT must respond to DEPARTMENT requests for information or corrective action concerning audit issues within 30 days of the date of request. The DEPARTMENT reserves the right to recover from the APPLICANT all disallowed costs resulting from the audit. Once the single audit has been completed, the APPLICANT must send a full copy of the audit to the DEPARTMENT and a letter stating there were no findings, or if there were findings, the letter should provide a list of the findings. The APPLICANT must send the audit and the letter no later than nine (9) months after the end of the APPLICANT'S fiscal year(s) to: Accounting Manager Washington Military Department Finance Division, Building #1 TA-20 Camp Murray, WA 98430-5032 In addition to sending a copy of the audit, the APPLICANT must include a corrective action plan for any audit findings and a copy of the management letter, if one was received. The APPLICANT shall include the above audit requirements in any subcontracts. A.27 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND SUBGRANTEE MONITORING The DEPARTMENT and the APPLICANT must conduct and monitor grant activities to confirm compliance with applicable Federal requirements and the requirements and special conditions of an approved project. The APPLICANT agrees to: a. Assist in the preparation and writing of the Project Worksheets. b. Comply with all funding conditions of an approved project. c. Provide financial documentation to support requests for payments. d. Maintain records and documentation that adequately identify and directly support a project's eligible costs to the approved project worksheet. Pro-rate or percentage costs are not eligible for reimbursement. e. Cooperate with and participate in any scheduled or unscheduled monitoring or evaluation activities conducted by the DEPARTMENT or FEMA that are pertinent to this Grant Agreement or an approved Project Worksheet. f. Provide the DEPARTMENT with all documentation required to complete evaluations of eligible costs, and provide additional documentation that the DEPARTMENT or FEMA may request as a result of a monitoring visit, review and other or further evaluation of supporting financial documentation and/or reports. If requested documentation is not provided, all costs associated with the project may be determined to be ineligible. g. Submit a request for time extension not later than two weeks before a project's deadline. h. Notify the DEPARTMENT and request and receive approval for an alternate project prior to beginning construction. Failure to do so may jeopardize funding approval. i. Notify the DEPARTMENT and request and receive approval for an improved project prior to starting construction. Failure to do so may jeopardize funding approval. k. Immediately notify the DEPARTMENT if hidden damages are 'discovered, a change order is required, or the scope of work changes in an approved project. I. Submit quarterly reports to the DEPARTMENT. 12 Public Assistance Grant Agreement-2/09 Page 10 of 15 5City of Everett D09-384