District claims auditor reports under 1% error rate on roughly $123.5 million in annual invoices
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District claims auditor Leslie Malinowski told the board that staff processed about 6,700 invoices totaling approximately $123,500,000 over the reporting year and that error margins have been consistently below 1%; she described fund-by-fund review procedures and procurement thresholds.
Leslie Malinowski, the Fayetteville-Manlius district claims auditor, presented the board with her annual review on the district's financial transactions, reporting strong internal controls and a low error rate.
"The margin error has been consistently lower than 1%," Malinowski told the board, saying that the district processed roughly 6,700 invoices totaling approximately $123,500,000 during the reporting period. Malinowski said her review covers the general fund, school-lunch, special-aid and capital/building funds and that she verifies procurement documentation, department approvals and sequential check numbers before payments issue.
Malinowski described procurement controls, noting the district seeks competing bids for purchases over $25,000 and a higher threshold for capital goods (cited in her remarks at $35,000). She also said the monthly report has been revised to be ADA-compliant and is available on the district website to improve transparency and accessibility.
Board members asked clarifying questions and thanked Malinowski for the report. Malinowski said there were no questionable purchases or significant repeated errors found in the review and that items requiring correction are held until resolved to support a clean external audit.
The board received the report; no vote was taken.