Press Release • Ohio Auditor of State

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 Geneva (Ashtabula County)

• Midwest Pool Risk Management Agency (Auglaize County)

• Butler County Finance Authority (Butler County)

• Carroll County (Carroll County)

• Delaware County Land Reutilization Corp. (Delaware County)

• Powell Community Infrastructure Financing Authority (Delaware County)

• Columbus Baseball Team Inc. (Franklin County)

• Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority (Franklin County)

• City of Cambridge (Guernsey County)

• AchievePoint Career Academy-Cincinnati (Hamilton County)

• City of Cheviot (Hamilton County)

• Hancock Metropolitan Housing Authority (Hancock County)

• Highland County Joint Township District Hospital (Highland County)

• City of Mentor-on-the-Lake (Lake County)

• Ironton Metropolitan Housing Authority (Lawrence County)

• Toledo Lucas County Port Authority (Lucas County)

• Public Entity Risk Consortium (Mahoning County)

• Ohio Transit Risk Pool (Medina County)

• Midwest Employee Benefit Consortium (Mercer County)

• Miami County Educational Service Center (Miami County)

• City of Brookville (Montgomery County)

• City of Englewood (Montgomery County)

• Morrow County (Morrow County)

• Kent City School District (Portage County)

• City of Eaton (Preble County)

• Richland County Regional Planning Commission (Richland County)

• Tallmadge City School District (Summit County)

• Memorial Hospital of Union County (Union County)

• Wooster Growth Corp. (Wayne County)

• BORMA Inc. (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 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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