LaRose cites workforce challenges and shared-services example to save local dollars

Oct 9, 2026

LaRose said retaining auditors and investing in performance-audit specialists are key challenges for the office, and he suggested shared services (for example, combining busing operations across nearby school districts) as a way to reduce costs while preserving local control.

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LaRose said the auditor's office faces workforce retention problems — keeping trained auditors versus losing them to the private sector — and noted the fee-for-service model requires delivering high-quality audits at manageable cost. He said investing in a performance audit team and Lean Six Sigma efficiency experts can produce a strong ROI across hundreds of local governments.

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