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State Local Government Commission places Lewisburg on assistance list over missing audits
Summary
State Local Government Commission staff told the Lewisburg Town Council on Dec. 10 that the town is on the commission's Unit Assistance List because it has not submitted required audited financial statements, and described consequences and available support.
Kendra Boyle, director of the Fiscal Management Section for the State Local Government Finance Division at the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer, told the Lewisburg Town Council on Dec. 10 that the town is on the Local Government Commission's Unit Assistance List because it has not provided required audited financial statements.
Boyle said the Local Government Commission operates under the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act (General Statute 159) and that the commission can require finance officers to take training, require a unit to hire a third-party accountant in limited circumstances and, as a last resort, assume control of a unit's financial affairs. "We don't take that authority lightly and we have no…
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