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Finance director reports heavy audit workload, drain office reconciliation and staffing strain ahead of budget season
Summary
Finance staff briefed the committee on corrective actions from the annual audit, work on drain assessments and federal single‑audit requirements; staff shortages left the controller’s office stretched and the committee authorized hiring an accountant to help with audit and grant accounting.
EATON COUNTY — Controller and finance staff told the Ways and Means Committee the county is managing several audit‑related corrective actions and that the controller’s office is stretched thin while preparing reports required for the annual audit and for state trial court funding reviews.
Melissa (surname not stated) — the finance leader who is handling accounting tasks in the interim — and Controller Ben Sobe explained auditors’ findings were largely process and timing issues, not errors in the county’s financial statements. Still, staff said the corrective action plan requires documentation and reconciliation work, including a…
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