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County auditors issue clean opinion but report three correcting entries and a material weakness
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Auditors presented the County of Ottawa's annual comprehensive financial report and a single-audit summary, reporting a clean opinion but noting three audit adjustments that produced a material weakness and two other control findings; county staff and commissioners discussed next steps and outreach to the public.
Auditors for Ottawa County delivered a clean opinion on the county's annual comprehensive financial report for the year ended Sept. 30, 2024, but reported three correcting journal entries that led them to classify a material weakness in internal control.
The material weakness stems from three audit adjustments the firm recorded during its review, auditor Mike Freydeveld of Freydeveld Heffner LLC told the Finance and Administration Committee. "The first two were timing and recording items," Freydeveld said, and he described the overall opinion on the financial statements as "a good clean report." He added that the county spent about $15.6 million in federal awards that triggered a single-audit review; auditors reported no compliance findings for federal grant rules.
The material weakness arose because the auditors discovered three entries that management corrected during…
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