County amends audit contract with Polly Rogers to catch up overdue audits and add financial statements

The Baker County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to its audit engagement with Polly Rogers on Sept. 3, 2025 that expands the firm's work to include financial-statement preparation and three additional audit years through 2025.

County staff described the work as an effort to consolidate audit and financial-statement services under a single firm so the county can complete backlogged audits more efficiently. The county has been behind on several audit years dating to 2019 and staff said COVID-related delays, staffing shortages and turnover contributed to the multi-year backlog. County financial staff said the fiscal-year 2021 audit is nearing completion and the amendment is intended to allow the county and Polly Rogers to proceed on a schedule that would deliver two audits per year until the county is current.

David Bledsoe of Polly Rogers (joining the meeting remotely) confirmed the company drafts financial statements as a service for many government clients and said the firm could be agile in matching audit procedures to municipal reporting needs. County staff said the current county budget includes approximately $100,000 for the audit work and financial-statement preparation.

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The board approved the contract amendment and instructed staff to finalize signatures so Polly Rogers can proceed with the 2021 and 2022 audit work and the expanded scope.