Communal services in Odesa region did not receive 15 million due to negligence with land

The management of a housing and communal enterprise in Odesa region failed to account for the right to permanent use of land plots, which resulted in an understatement of the value of assets by more than UAH 15.1 million.

This was reported by the press service of the Southern Office of the State Audit Service.

In total, the auditors found violations of financial discipline totaling UAH 16.6 million, including violations that led to losses of financial and material resources worth more than UAH 1 million.

Thus, the utility company did not take into account the actual volume of water supply and sewerage services provided to the population, which led to an overestimation of the need for budget allocations, as a result of which the company received excessive budgetary funds to reimburse the difference in tariffs for these services in the amount of more than UAH 502 thousand in 2021, 2022 and 2024. This violation resulted in financial losses to the local budget in the specified amount.

During 2021-2024, the Company accrued and paid salaries to an external part-time worker for unworked time, as a result of which the Company incurred losses totaling more than UAH 177 thousand.

In addition, four employees were unjustifiably (without the relevant orders of the manager) accrued and paid additional payments for performing the duties of temporarily absent colleagues, and one employee was paid health care benefits twice. These violations resulted in losses to the utility company totaling more than UAH 50 thousand.

The auditors found that as a result of the contractor's overstatement of the cost of repair and construction works, the utility company paid extra money for the maintenance of a water supply pumping station and a sewage pumping station in the amount of almost UAH 102 thousand, which led to a loss of financial resources of the company in the specified amount.

Administrative violation reports were drawn up against the director, chief accountant and four officials of the utility company for the violations.

Кирило Бойко