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Berrien County auditors report clean opinions for senior centers; commissioners add reporting and membership limits to millage terms
Summary
A county-hired CPA told commissioners all seven senior centers received unmodified audit opinions; county staff proposed additional terms for millage-funded appropriations including required board minutes, insurance certificates and a prohibition on charging county residents membership fees.
Berrien County commissioners heard an update on audits of the county's seven senior centers and reviewed proposed changes to the millage terms of appropriation, with staff pushing for more consistent reporting and corporate counsel saying membership fees for county residents must be barred.
Linda Eli, the CPA presenting the audit summary, told the board that "the purpose of an audit is to increase the public confidence in the financial statements" and that "all of the centers received a clean audit opinion." Eli described a multi-year effort to standardize accounting across centers: a single CPA firm, a standard chart of accounts, a standardized fiscal year and a 28-item internal control checklist that auditors use annually.
The standardized chart of accounts and other changes, Eli said, have led to fewer audit comments and…
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