Sumter County audit returns unmodified opinion; federal-award spending found clean

Sumter County officials heard on the meeting record that the county’s FY2024 financial statements received an unmodified (clean) audit opinion and that auditors found no reportable instances of noncompliance or material weaknesses in internal control.

County audit firm representative Richard told the council, “the county received an unmodified opinion on its financial statements,” and that auditors “did not note any instances of noncompliance or internal control deficiencies to report.” He also said the county received a clean opinion on spending of federal awards under the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds program.

The finding means auditors did not identify material misstatements in the county’s financial statements for the period covered by the audit and did not identify reportable problems in the county’s administration of specified federal award funds, the auditor said. During the meeting the county administrator publicly thanked Kessy Andrews, the county finance director, and the finance team “for the wonderful work they did with our auditors.”

The audit presentation on the council agenda contained no additional follow-up items flagged by the auditors at this meeting. Council members did not take further action tied to the audit during the session.

The report was presented as a completed audit for the fiscal year; no future dates, corrective actions, or management responses beyond the on-record thanks were recorded during the meeting.