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Franklin County Commission approves consent agenda, auditor invoice and waives GAAP requirements for 2025
Summary
At its Oct. 1 meeting the Franklin County Commission approved the consent agenda including payroll and claims, authorized payment for extra audit work by Rodney M. Byrne, CPA, and adopted a resolution waiving GAAP reporting requirements for the 2025 financial statements.
The Franklin County Commission on Oct. 1 approved the consent agenda, voted to pay additional invoice time for its external auditor and adopted a resolution to waive GAAP reporting requirements for the county's 2025 financial statements.
On a routine consent motion, the commission approved minutes of the Sept. 24 meeting, claims and checks and payroll for the Aug. 21–Sept. 25 pay period. The motion passed on a roll call in which Commissioners Sottlemyer, Wehmeyer, Meador, Dickenson and Chair Harris voted yes.
County staff presented an invoice from Rodney M. Byrne, CPA for extra audit time this year caused by a systems transition. Janet (county staff presenter) told commissioners the auditor had to reconcile differences between the county's old and new systems and had been communicating with the clerk, treasurer and human resources offices to resolve discrepancies. "He's been in lots of communication with my office, with the treasurer's office, with the human resources office, trying to, resolve all of these, small details. We think we're really close to having all the details ironed out, and he's finalizing the audit right now," Janet said. Commissioners approved the auditor's invoice after a motion and second; the roll call recorded unanimous approval.
The commission also voted to adopt a resolution waiving Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) reporting requirements for the 2025 financial statements and to continue operating on a cash basis. County staff said waiving GAAP in the calendar year was a standard practice the commission typically adopts when an audit is delayed until later in the year. The motion to adopt the resolution passed on a roll call vote with all commissioners recorded as yes.
No motions failed. Commissioners did not discuss changes to the district-wide budget documents during the meeting; staff said the documents only require signatures for district‑court submissions and that the commission previously approved the budget as part of earlier actions.
