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Jefferson County officials seek fix after auditors find $21,000 mismatch in impact-fee fund
Summary
County auditors, the clerk and treasurer discussed unresolved entries and subaccount discrepancies in the county's impact-fee fund stemming from years of corrections and transfers; commissioners directed staff to continue reconciliations and to transfer amounts that are verifiable after the audit cutoff.
Auditors, the county clerk and the treasurer reported to the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners on a continuing reconciliation issue in the county's impact-fee fund that auditors said left subaccounts $21,000 short of the fund's stated cash balance.
The discrepancy matters because the county must show that subaccounts within fund 9171 (impact fees) equal the fund's total cash before the county can make clean transfers to fire districts, road and general fund accounts as required by prior resolutions and the auditor's recommendations.
Audrey, the county auditor, summarized the problem and said the issue goes back several years and involves corrections and entries that were made on the clerk's side of the accounting system. "There were a lot of corrections in and out," Audrey said. "The subaccounts do not add up to the penny the…
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