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External auditors give Adams County clean opinions but flag recurring control issues and one-time landfill expense
Summary
CliftonLarsonAllen presented Adams County's 2024 audit and issued unmodified opinions on the financial statements and federal awards while noting a material weakness in financial statement preparation, a significant deficiency in grant review, and a one-time $4 million landfill expense driven by an updated closure cost study.
Amber Danialski, signing director for state and local government audits at CliftonLarsonAllen, told the Adams County Board of Supervisors that the firm issued unmodified opinions on the county's financial statements and on required federal compliance testing for 2024. "That audit opinion is unmodified," Danialski said.
Danialski described the audit as risk-based: auditors read board and committee minutes, reviewed trial balances and internal controls, and tested a sample of receipts and disbursements. She said the financial-statement opinion is "clean" but the audit identified a material weakness and a significant deficiency that are similar to prior…
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