DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Meeting Name: LOGER - DEO
Date: September 5, 2013
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Room 524, Fletcher Building
Agenda
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Welcome and Introductions
Chart of Accounts Project Activities
LOGER Changes
Chart of Accounts Project: http://www.myfloridacfo.com/aadir/COA/
Attendees
Christina Smith
Tim Hsieh
Lisa Williams
Jack Gaskins
Brendan Jones
Otis Smith
Asheema Vermuri
Charlene Bousquet
Meeting Minutes
Christina Smith opened with an overview of the project and the purpose of the meeting.
The Department of Financial Services (DFS) is reaching out to Local Government
Electronic Reporting (LOGER) stakeholders to gather a better understanding of how they
use LOGER. Jack Gaskins with Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) was asked
how DEO uses information from LOGER.
Jack stated that he uses the Revenue and Expenditure Reports from LOGER for fee
assessment purposes. If a special district reports $3,000 or less in revenues, a fee waiver
is granted. The noncompliant report is used to send out technical assistant letters to
entities who have not met the annual financial report (AFR) deadline. Entities are given
60 days from the date of the letter to comply with AFR requirements.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
DEO sends a list of non-filers (those who have not met the DEO 60-day deadline) to the
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee (JLAC). JLAC reviews the list and proceeds to
take legal action against non-filers. It is a long process to get the non-filers to court, and
a relatively a small number of the cases make it to circuit court for processing.
The new reporting requirements for monthly and annual reporting were discussed. Jack
mentioned that he gets opposition from special districts because they are required to file
electronically. However, small districts have limited resources and use tax dollars to
fund operations. Jack suggested a threshold limit for reporting.
Jack also noted that it would not be good to reduce the accountability requirements
because citizens want accountability. He stated that he gets calls from citizens wanting to
know who is responsible for policing special districts.
Christina mentioned there was a need to get a comprehensive contact list of special
districts. Jack was asked how they maintain their contact information.
Jack stated that on October 1, DEO sends out everything they have on a district and
require them to validate within 60 days. This is done to keep the DEO contact list up -to
-date as well as for invoicing purposes. A good source for this information would be the
Florida Association of Special Districts and the Florida Housing and Redevelopment.
Their information can be found at the bottom of DEO’s website. The special district
resources and contacts list is a list of people who Jack can contact about certain things.
The list is also maintained for legal purposes in case of a law suit.
Meeting was adjourned approximately at 11:30 a.m.