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Champaign County warns delayed 2024 single audit could jeopardize grant funding; board directs administration to act
Summary
Board members were told the county’s fiscal year 2024 single audit is months behind, leaving 52 of 59 items due to the external auditor past due; the board gave direction to county administration to coordinate with CLA and hire temporary staff to meet deadlines and protect grant funding.
Champaign County Board Committee of the Whole members heard an update on the status of the county’s fiscal year 2024 audit and voted informally to direct county administration to take immediate steps to complete the audit and avoid potential funding disruptions.
The board was told that of 59 work items due to CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA), 52 were past due and that bank and fund reconciliations across roughly 67 funds remain behind. The county’s outside-audit deadlines have slipped, staff said, raising the risk that federal and state pass-through grants could be frozen or denied if the single audit is not completed on time.
Why it matters: county staff and a group of regional partners said timely completion of the single audit is a condition for drawing federal and state funds…
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