COLUMBUS — Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that the following entities received Auditor of State Awards in September for their clean audit reports:

• Brown County Land Reutilization Corp. (Brown County)
• Butler County Regional Transit Authority (Butler County)
• City of East Liverpool (Columbiana County)
• City of Greenville (Darke County)
• Defiance-Paulding Consolidated Department of Job and Family Services (Defiance County)
• Powell Development Corp. (Delaware County)
• Fayette Metropolitan Housing Authority (Fayette County)
• Central Ohio Health Care Consortium (Franklin County)
• City of Whitehall (Franklin County)
• County Employee Benefits Consortium of Ohio (Franklin County)
• Legacy Academy of Excellence (Franklin County)
• Worthington Community Improvement Corp. (Franklin County)
• Fulton County (Fulton County)
• Geauga Metropolitan Housing Authority (Geauga County)
• City of the Village of Indian Hill (Hamilton County)
• St. Bernard Community Improvement Corp. (Hamilton County)
• Hancock Metropolitan Housing Authority (Hancock County)
• City of Willowick (Lake County)
• Lake Development Authority (Lake County)
• Logan County School Employee Consortium (Logan County)
• City of Sylvania (Lucas County)
• Toledo Lucas County Port Authority (Lucas County)
• City of Canfield (Mahoning County)
• Western Reserve Transit Authority (Mahoning County)
• Miami Metropolitan Housing Authority (Miami County)
• Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (Montgomery County)
• Montgomery County Convention Facilities Authority (Montgomery County)
• South East Area Transit (Muskingum County)
• Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority (Muskingum County)
• Noble County (Noble County)
• Area 14 Workforce Development Board (Perry County)
• Earnhart Hill Regional Water and Sewer District (Pickaway County)
• Pickaway County Metropolitan Housing Authority (Pickaway County)
• Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission (Pike County)
• Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority (Portage County)
• City of Eaton (Preble County)
• Preble County (Preble County)
• Sandusky County (Sandusky County)
• Sandusky County Land Reutilization Corp. (Sandusky County)
• Sandusky County Regional Airport Authority (Sandusky County)
• Northwest Regional Water District (Scioto County)
• Seneca County (Seneca County)
• City of Massillon (Stark County)
• Twinsburg Community Improvement Corp. (Summit County)
• Jerome Village Community Authority (Union County)
• Warren County Port Authority (Warren County)
• Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority (Warren County)

“By keeping accurate financial records, governing bodies demonstrate their commitment to efficient, effective, and transparent service,” Auditor Faber said. “This award honors public entities that have put in the hard work to keep their finances in order.”

The Auditor of State’s Office presents the awards to local governments and school districts upon the completion of a financial audit. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a “clean” audit report:

• The entity must file financial reports with the Auditor of State’s Office by the statutory due date, without extension, via the Hinkle System and in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
• The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weakness, significant deficiencies, Uniform Guidance (Single Audit) findings or questioned costs.
• The entity’s management letter contains no comment related to:
  • Ethics referrals
  • Questioned costs less than the threshold per the Uniform Guidance
  • Lack of timely annual financial report submission
  • Bank reconciliation issues
  • Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit in accordance with Uniform Guidance
  • Findings for recovery less than $500
  • Public meetings or public records issues
• The entity has no other financial or other concerns.

The full reports are available online at ohioauditor.gov/auditsearch/search.aspx.

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The Auditor of State’s office, one of five independently elected statewide offices in Ohio, is responsible for auditing more than 5,900 state and local government agencies. Under the direction of Auditor Keith Faber, the office also provides financial services to local governments, investigates and prevents fraud in public agencies, and promotes transparency in government.

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