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COLUMBUS – The Crestline Exempted Village School District in Crawford County has been declared “unauditable” for the periods ended July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, and July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, due to inadequate financial statements and records to complete an audit.

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Columbus – Auditor of State Keith Faber’s office last week sent a letter to Belmore in Putnam County declaring the Village “unauditable” for the eighth consecutive year. The Village was declared “unauditable” for the period Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021, due to inadequate records to complete an audit.

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Auditor of State Keith Faber last week declared the Village of Quaker City (Guernsey County) “unauditable” for the period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019 after auditors determined the condition of the village’s financial records were not adequate to finish the audit.

Auditor of State Keith Faber today declared Union Township (Pike County) “unauditable” after the township failed to submit financial statements essential to complete the audit. 

Auditor of State Keith Faber today declared Madison Township (Fayette County) “unauditable” after the township failed to submit financial statements essential to complete the audit.

Auditor of State Keith Faber has declared the Village of Tuscarawas (Tuscarawas County) “unauditable” after state auditors found that accurate monthly bank reconciliations were not available for audit.

Auditor of State Keith Faber today declared Firelands Ambulance Service “unauditable” after state auditors determined the condition of their financial records were not adequate to finish the audit.

Auditor of State Keith Faber today declared the Southern Ohio Port Authority ‘unauditable” after the port authority failed to submit annual financial statements and did not have their financial records available to commence their biannual audit.

Auditor of State Keith Faber today declared the Village of Timberlake (Lake County) “unauditable” after officials failed to reconcile accounting records with bank accounts for 21 of the 24 months during fiscal years 2017 and 2018.

Auditor of State Keith Faber today declared Hanover Township (Licking County) “unauditable” list after officials failed to file financial statements for fiscal years 2017 and 2018.

Auditor of State Keith Faber placed the Hamilton County Agricultural Society on the “unauditable” list after officials failed to file financial statements.

A failure to file financial statements prompted Auditor of State Keith Faber to place the Village of Macksburg (Washington County) on the “unauditable list.”

A lack of financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Keith Faber to place the Village of Spencerville (Allen County) on the “unauditable” list.

As part of the audit of the Village of Donnelsville for Jan. 1, 2017 through Dec. 31, 2018, Auditor of State Keith Faber declared the village “unauditable” after its fiscal officer for the village failed to provide financial statements required for an audit.

Incomplete financial statements prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Pickaway Township (Pickaway County) on the “unauditable” list.

Auditor of State Dave Yost declared Ward Township “unauditable” today after its fiscal officer failed to provide financial statements required for an audit. 

Auditor of State Dave Yost today declared the Village of Belmore “unauditable” after the Putnam County village ignored repeated requests for financial records.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Goshen Township (Tuscarawas County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Newton Falls Joint Fire District (Trumbull County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Bridgeport (Belmont County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Bratenahl (Cuyahoga County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Union Township (Pike County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Warren Park District (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete and unsupported financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Wharton (Wyandot County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Monroe Township (Perry County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Mecca Township (Trumbull County) on the "unauditable" list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Paulding County Agricultural Society on the "unauditable" list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Martinsville (Clinton County) on the "unauditable" list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Yorkville (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Jersey Township (Licking County) on the “unauditable” list.

A lack of financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Macksburg (Washington County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Jefferson Township Local School District (Montgomery County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete bank reconciliations and financial records, including a lack of financial statements, prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Woodlawn (Hamilton County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Hamilton Township (Lawrence County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Defiance County Regional Airport Authority on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Rossford Transportation Improvement District (Wood County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and unsupported bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Corning (Perry County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Greene Township (Trumbull County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Minerva (Stark County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Limaville (Stark County) on the “unauditable” list.

Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Rome (Adams County) on the “unauditable list” today after it failed to provide any financial records necessary to complete an audit.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Decatur Township (Lawrence County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Johnstown (Licking County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Newton Falls Joint Fire District (Trumbull County) on the “unauditable” list.

Bank reconciliations that do not include all bank accounts or agree to Township ledgers prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Mifflin Township (Richland County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Fairfield Township (Columbiana County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Alexandria (Licking County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete and unsupported bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Newport Township (Washington County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Scioto Township (Jackson County) on the “unauditable” list.

Financial records and bank reconciliations that appear incomplete and were not provided prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Belmore (Putnam County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Lykens Township (Crawford County) on the “unauditable” list.

Irreconcilable and unsupported bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Jackson Township (Ashland County) on the “unauditable” list for the fourth year in a row.

Unsupported bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Warren Township (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Hemlock (Perry County) on the “unauditable” list.

Unprovided financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Unionville Center (Union County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Newton Falls (Trumbull County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Lewisville (Monroe County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Fairview (Guernsey County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Hamilton County Agricultural Society on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Lawrence County Academy on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Morgan Township (Butler County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the North Hills Water District (Summit County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Starr Township (Hocking County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Liberty Township (Knox County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place York Township and the York Township Water Authority (Belmont County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Cloverdale (Putnam County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records and bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Good Hope Township (Hocking County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Bremen (Fairfield County) on the “unauditable” list.

Unsupported bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Jersey Township (Licking County) on the “unauditable” list.

Inaccurate bank reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the City of East Liverpool (Columbiana County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Preble County District Library on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Warren Water Authority (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Barnesville (Belmont County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Franklin Township (Jackson County) on the “unauditable” list.

Failure to produce annual financial reports prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Monclova Township-Village of Whitehouse Joint Economic Development District (Lucas County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete reconciliations prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Austintown Township (Mahoning County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Shreve (Wayne County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Northwest Ohio Educational Council Self Insurance Pool Program on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Mount Sterling on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the now-closed Secor Gardens Academy (Lucas County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Yorkville on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the now-closed Talented Tenth Leadership Academies (Franklin County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete financial records have prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Gateway Academy of Ohio (Franklin County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records have prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Village of Felicity (Clermont County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records have prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Jackson Township (Ashland County) on the “unauditable” list.

Incomplete records have prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place Hamilton Township (Lawrence County) on the “unauditable” list.

Multiple missing documents prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost to place the Indian Lake EMS Joint Ambulance District (Logan County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed the Village of Pomeroy (Meigs County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed Weller Township (Richland County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed Greene Township (Trumbull County) on the “unauditable” list.

Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed Wayne Trace Local School District (Paulding County) on the “unauditable” list, as a result of inadequate financial records. 

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed Washington Township (Tuscarawas County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of insufficient financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed the Knox Area Transit Board (Knox County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed Jefferson Township (Montgomery County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed the Village of Mt. Pleasant (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed the Village of Salineville (Columbiana County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed Hiram Township (Portage County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed the Village of Hamler (Henry County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the East End Community Heritage School (Hamilton County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed the Village of Mechanicsburg (Champaign County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the West Malta Rural Water District (Morgan County) on the “unauditable” list.

 As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Adena (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

 As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed Sharon Township (Franklin County) on the “unauditable” list.

 As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Columbiana County Drug Task Force on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Workforce Initiative Association Area 6 (Stark County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost has placed the Village of Millville (Butler County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed Franklin Township (Jackson County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Coldwater (Mercer County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Clarksville (Clinton County) on the “unauditable” list.

 As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Fairview (Guernsey County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corporation (Mahoning County) on the "unauditable" list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Highland County Convention and Visitors Bureau (Highland County) on the “unauditable” list.

The City of East Cleveland’s failure to present a feasible financial recovery plan prompted Auditor of State Dave Yost today to declare the city in a state of fiscal emergency.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Newton Falls Joint Fire District (Trumbull County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Warren Water Authority (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Mt. Victory (Hardin County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Brady Lake (Portage County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of North Star (Darke County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Village of Smithfield (Jefferson County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed Madison Township (Richland County) on the “unauditable” list.

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost placed the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) on the “unauditable” list.

“Poor records lead to poor service for taxpayers,” Auditor Yost said. “Auditable records must be provided to complete the audit and ensure accountability to the citizens of Scott Township.”

“Poor records lead to poor service for taxpayers,” Auditor Yost said. “Auditable records must be provided to complete the audit and ensure accountability to the citizens of Franklin Township.”

“Poor records lead to poor service for taxpayers,” Auditor Yost said. “Auditable records must be provided to complete the audit and ensure accountability to the citizens of St. Martin.”

As a result of inadequate financial records, Auditor of State Dave Yost today placed the Village of Wayne Lakes on the “unauditable” list.