City of Lackawanna – Garbage Collection Fees (2021M-206)

Government: City of Lackawanna
Posted by publisher: Apr 8, 2022
Kind: State audit
Topics: Audits and oversight, Budget and taxes

Publisher's summary

City officials did not always assess and bill garbage fees in accordance with the City Code (Code). Officials also did not provide adequate oversight or develop policies and procedures for assessing and billing garbage fees.

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The DPW Commissioner should:

  8.  Ensure exemption request applications are complete and appropriate prior
  to notifying the Treasurer of collection fee changes.

The Code Enforcement Officer should:

  9.  Perform semiannual inspections of properties for which collection fee
  exemption requests are made, in accordance with the Code.

8  Of f ic e of t he New York State Comptroller