Report No. 2010-16
January 2010
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The following findings were included in our audit report on the City of St. Louis, Office of Recorder of Deeds.

Issues were noted in the Recorder's handling of records preservation and technology enhancement fees. The fees are not kept in a fund maintained by the City Treasurer as required by state law, and some purchases from the fund were not bid in compliance with the city's procurement policies.

The Recorder's controls for escrow deposit balances do not ensure the city's records of monies held in trust are sufficient to meet liabilities or are in agreement with escrow deposit records maintained in the Recorder's database. In addition, controls over cash disbursements from the escrow accounts are not sufficient.

The Recorder used a city-owned vehicle for personal use and did not maintain vehicle usage logs to document commuting and personal use of the vehicle.

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