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County auditor flags fiscal pressures, STR reporting problems and timekeeping weaknesses
Summary
The county auditor and treasurer presented an unqualified audit but warned that post-pandemic trends are reversing: revenues are flattening while expenditures rise. The treasurer highlighted difficulties allocating short-term-rental (STR) occupancy tax receipts because platforms such as VRBO provide lump-sum payments, and described steps to implement a countywide time-management system to tighten overtime controls.
Warren County — The county’s auditor and treasurer told the committee the county’s financials were in good order but cautioned about tightening budgets and several administrative weaknesses that need remediation.
The auditor reported no financial findings and commended back-office improvements, but warned the fiscal trajectory is reversing from pandemic-era surpluses: ‘‘Our expenditures were below our revenues’’ in pandemic years, he said, but the county is now seeing expenditures grow faster than revenue and the…
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