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Cole County auditors give unmodified opinion on 2024 financial statements; single audit notes one significant deficiency
Summary
Independent auditors Williams Keepers issued a clean (unmodified) opinion on Cole County's 2024 financial statements and a clean single-audit compliance opinion, while identifying one significant deficiency related to the circuit clerk's bank reconciliations.
Williams Keepers, the county's external auditing firm, told the Cole County Commission on Tuesday that it issued an unmodified ("clean") opinion on the county's 2024 financial statements and that the single-audit of federal programs produced an unmodified compliance opinion. The auditors also reported one significant deficiency related to the circuit clerk's monthly bank reconciliations being completed late.
The auditors presented the finalized 2024 audit summary during the commission's June 24 meeting. Amanda, the audit partner, said the unmodified opinion means "the financial statements of the county are presented fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP." Ashley, the audit…
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