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External auditor gives county clean opinion; Baker Tilly reports improvements in pension funding and no single‑audit findings
Summary
Baker Tilly, the county’s external auditor, presented an unmodified opinion on the county’s 2024 financial statements, reported improved funded status for pension plans and said federal single‑audit testing (including ARPA spending) produced no findings in draft form.
Baker Tilly partner Michael Malott told the Peoria County board the firm issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on the county’s 2024 comprehensive annual financial report and that the federal single‑audit work produced no notable findings in draft form.
“The only piece of information in that report that comes from us as the auditors is the independent auditors report,” Malott said, and added, “We issue what’s called an unmodified opinion,” describing that as the highest level of…
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