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Champaign County board raises alarm over auditor'office delays, directs administration to propose fixes
Summary
Board members expressed concern about unpaid vendors, missing reconciliations and other accounting delays in the county auditor's office and asked administration to return to the August committee with recommendations to address statutory duties and process failures.
Champaign County Board members pressed county administration to fix accounting and vendor-payment problems tied to the county auditor's office, saying delays and missing reconciliations are jeopardizing grants and vendor relationships. The board heard detailed examples of late or missing payments, unposted checks and delays in routine tasks such as bank reconciliations, journal entries and vendor setup. County board member Ellie raised the matter as a governance and operational risk: "we're talking about the basic accounts payable and associated functions that, the accountants working in that office, are tasked with and, that are critical to everything that the county does," she said. Why it matters: Several departments, including RPC (Regional Planning Commission) which…
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