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Audit of Columbia County SPLOST program finds no recommended changes; disbursements validated
Summary
An internal audit presented June 10 found Columbia County’s SPLOST procedures complied with county bid policies, reconciliations matched ledger and bank statements, and receipts were confirmed with the Georgia Department of Revenue; the auditor reported no recommendations for changes.
Columbia County’s internal audit office told the Audit Committee on Tuesday, June 10, that it found no recommendations for changes to the county’s SPLOST program after testing procurement, reconciliations and disbursements.
The finding matters because SPLOST funds capital projects voters approve and involve significant sums that require financial controls and public transparency.
"We did not have any recommendations for any changes to the SPLOST program," audit presenter Mister Schneider told the committee. Schneider said auditors sampled bid packages and found them consistent with county bid policies, reviewed purchase and invoice approvals, and verified that reconciliations between SPLOST cash accounts, the general ledger and bank statements agreed. He also said the audit team confirmed SPLOST receipts with the Georgia Department of Revenue and tested SPLOST disbursements, including roughly $17,000,000 in PFA project disbursements and a little over $9,000,000 in other disbursements. Schneider said interest payments reviewed matched the amortization schedule.
Committee members noted the large scale of the program and external scrutiny by the county’s external auditor and voters. No committee motion to change SPLOST procedures was recorded in the transcript; Schneider recommended no programmatic changes based on the review.
Schneider placed the SPLOST review in the office’s regular audit rotation and emphasized that the internal audit seeks to surface systemic issues before the external audit.
