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State auditor briefs St. Paul council: city audit clean but single‑audit found two missing suspension checks
Summary
Julie Blaha, Minnesota state auditor, told the St. Paul City Council organizational committee that her office oversees roughly $60,000,000,000 in mostly local government spending and provided a briefing on what audits do and do not do.
Julie Blaha, Minnesota state auditor, told the St. Paul City Council organizational committee on a morning session that her office oversees roughly $60,000,000,000 in mostly local government spending and provides examinations, support and analysis to local governments.
Blaha led an interactive presentation designed to explain what audits do and do not do. “We oversee approximately $60,000,000,000 in local spending,” she said, describing the office’s role in examinations, training and comparative data tools for cities and counties.
Deputy State Auditor Chad Struce then summarized St. Paul’s most recently completed audit: the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2023. “The city had an unmodified opinion on its financial statements,” Struce said. He told council members an unmodified opinion means the auditors found…
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