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

• City of Broadview Heights (Cuyahoga County)
• Central Ohio Health Care Consortium (Franklin County)
• Columbus- Franklin County Finance Authority (Franklin County)
• New Albany Community Improvement Corporation (Franklin County)
• Prairie-Obetz Joint Economic Development Zone (Franklin County)
• Worthington Community Improvement Corporation (Franklin County)
• Gallia Metropolitan Housing Authority (Gallia County)
• City of Cambridge (Guernsey County)
• St. Bernard Community Improvement Corporation (Hamilton County)
• Village of St. Bernard (Hamilton County)
• Hocking Valley Community Hospital (Hocking County)
• Licking County Land Reutilization Corporation (Licking County)
• City of Sylvania (Lucas County)
• Health Transit Pool of Ohio (Medina County)
• City of Brookville (Montgomery County)
• Morrow County Hospital and Affiliates (Morrow County)
• Portage County Land Reutilization Corporation (Portage County)
• City of Massillon (Stark County)
• Stark County Land Reutilization Corporation (Stark County)
• City of Niles (Trumbull County)
• Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (Tuscarawas County)
• Wood County Port Authority (Wood 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 via Search Audit (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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