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FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: CONSOLIDATED AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2022 AND 2023
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the Consolidated Audit Financial and Compliance Reports completed by Vasquez and Company (Vasquez) and Simpson and Simpson (Simpson), certified public accountants, for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2022 (FY22), and June 30, 2023 (FY23).
Issue
ISSUE
As the Regional Transportation Planner for Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) is responsible for planning, programming, and allocating transportation funding to Los Angeles County jurisdictions, transit operators, and other transportation programs. Metro has the fiduciary responsibility to provide assurance that recipients of funds included in the Consolidated Audit and Compliance Reports (Consolidated Audit) are adhering to the statutes, program guidelines, and/or agreements of each applicable funding source and that operations data used to allocate funds is fair and in accordance with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) guidelines.
The consolidated audit process includes financial and compliance audits of the following programs:
* Local Funding Program to 88 cities and Unincorporated Los Angeles County
o Proposition A Local Return
o Proposition C Local Return
o Measure R Local Return
o Measure M Local Return
o Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3, Article 4 and Article 8 Programs
o Proposition A Discretionary Incentive Program
* Prop A Discretionary Incentive Grant
o Antelope Valley Transit Authority
o Pomona Valley Transportation Authority
* Transit System Operators of Commerce, Redondo Beach, Torrance
o Transit System Funds
o Measure M 20%
o Measure R 20%
* Proposition A Growth Over Inflation (GOI) Fund to Burbank, Glendale, LADOT and Pasadena
* Low-Income Fare is Easy (LIFE) Program
* Metrolink Program
* EZ Transit Pass Program
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