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Leon County accepts FY23-24 audit; commissioners ask for corrective-action status report
Summary
After a detailed review of the county's fiscal year 2023-24 annual audit, commissioners voted to accept the financial statements and asked staff and the clerk's office to provide a corrective-action status report once the audit oversight committee finalizes its plan.
The Leon County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously July 8 to accept the fiscal year 2023-24 annual audit and financial statements and directed staff to provide a status report on corrective actions once the county's audit oversight committee has reviewed and finalized a plan.
The vote followed extended discussion focused on the number and severity of findings the external auditors identified in the annual financial report. Commissioner Bill O'Keefe, who pulled the audit for discussion, described the count of findings as "an unusual number of significant and material major findings" and said the board had a responsibility to oversee the county's financial controls.
The audit included five material weaknesses and several significant findings, a higher concentration than auditors found in comparable counties, according to remarks by O'Keefe. O'Keefe told the board…
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