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                                                                                                       Status of
Ref.            Audit Observation                     Audit Recommendations
                                                                                                    Implementation
AAR    37. Management did not submit the 56. We recommended that the Local                           Unimplemented
2019       Agency Action Plan and Status of        Chief      Executive    direct   all   Records showed that the AAPSI for
p.56       Implementation (AAPSI) within 60        department heads concerned to          AAR 2023 was submitted by
           days from the date of receipt of the    submit their respective duly           Management only on December 6,
           2018 Annual Audit Report (AAR)          accomplished AAPSI on the CY           2024.
           contrary to Section 93 of the           2018 AAR, and assign a personnel
           General Provisions of Republic Act      to consolidate the same for
           (RA) No. 10964 dated December           submission     to    the    Auditor.
           29, 2017 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018,     Henceforth, Management should
           precluding the Auditor from             strictly comply with the submission
           monitoring and validating the           of the AAPSI within 60 days upon
           actions taken to implement audit        receipt of the AARs for the
           recommendations, hence, the risk        succeeding years.
           that deficiencies may continue to
           exist and, thus, affect the fairness of
           the      presentation       of      the
           Municipality’s financial statements
           as well as its operational efficiency.

AAR    38. Inventory of Breeding Stocks and 57. We       recommended        that   the               Unimplemented
2018       other biological assets including the Municipal Agriculturist establish        The Municipal Agriculturist (MA) had
p.39       prevailing market price of each       the actual status of the breeding        yet to complete the verification of the
           stock as of reporting date was not    stock dispersal program by tracing       former MA’s records and tracing of the
           submitted by the Municipal            the whereabouts and condition of         whereabouts and condition of original
           Agriculturist to the Municipal        the original breeding stocks and         breeding stocks and their offspring.
           Accountant as required under          their offspring, if any, and render a    The Municipal Agriculturist had
           Section 4.5.1 of COA Circular         report to the Municipal Accountant       submitted the property cards.
           2016-004 dated September 30,          which includes the fair market
           2016, hence, the existence and        value of each stock, for proper
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