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                                                                                                      Management                  Status of
Ref.           Audit Observation                        Audit Recommendation
                                                                                                     Comment/Action            Implementation
                                                 mentioned above for review and evaluation
                                                 by the audit team.
AAR    The Purchase Orders issued to We recommended that Management:                            Management still had not            Not
2021   suppliers of goods and services by                                                       taken any action.               Implemented
       the Municipality did not indicate all 26. furnish the Auditor copies of the contracts,
       the necessary information pertaining      purchase orders, and certificates of
       to the transactions. In addition,         acceptance, together with all supporting
       copies of perfected contracts with        documents thereto, within the required
       supporting documents were not             timeframe; and
       furnished to the Office of the
       Auditor within the prescribed period 27. indicate all the basic information in the       Management still had not            Not
       as required under COA Circular            purchase order as required under COA           taken any action.               Implemented
       Nos. 2009-001 and 96-010 dated            Circular Nos. 96-010 and 2009-001 to
       February 12, 2009 and August 15,          ensure delivery of items that meet the
       1996 respectively, thus, precluding       specification.
       the timely auditorial review in terms
       of compliance with the requirements
       of applicable laws, rules and
       regulations,      completeness       of
       documentary requirements and
       initial evaluation that the contractual
       covenants were not disadvantageous
       to the government.
AAR    The Municipality did not conduct 28. We recommended that the Municipal                   The Municipal Mayor still           Not
2020   physical count of its Inventory Held      Inventory Committee conduct the required       had not issued an Office        Implemented
       for Distribution and other inventory      physical count of the inventory accounts to    Order creating the Inventory
       accounts as required in Section 124       establish the existence and determine the      Committee.
       of the Manual on the New                  reliability of the account balances shown in
       Government Accounting System for          the financial statements at year-end.
       Local Government Units, Volume I,         Likewise,       we     recommended      and
       nor did it maintain the necessary         Municipal Treasurer and Municipal
       stock cards and supplies ledger           Accountant agreed to maintain the required
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