Commissioners agree to let current audit firm finish 2024–25 engagement; plan RFP later after '25

Jul 15, 2025

After discovering a contract-signature issue, commissioners directed staff to honor the current engagement so James Moore can complete the 2024–25 audit work already in progress, and to reissue an RFP for future audit years. Commissioners also requested a follow‑up strategy session on contract and procurement controls.

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Baker County commissioners discussed the 2023–24 audit and an accompanying RFP for future audit services at the July 15 meeting. County staff reported that a signed engagement letter for audit work was executed by the Clerk of Court rather than the Board of County Commissioners; the auditors (James Moore & Co.) were already working on the fiscal‑year 2024 audit when the discrepancy was noticed.

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