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County auditors deliver clean opinion for FY2025; flag segregation-of-duties weakness
Summary
An external auditor told Stephens County commissioners the fiscal year 2025 financial statements received an unmodified (clean) opinion, while noting a persistent material weakness around segregation of duties and management-letter items including an $18,000 unidentified jail-inmate fund and no written IT disaster-recovery plan.
Josh Carroll, an auditor with Malden and Jenkins, told Stephens County commissioners that the county’s fiscal year 2025 financial statements received an "unmodified or a clean opinion," meaning the accountants found the statements to be materially correct.
Carroll said his firm focuses on state and local government audits and reviewed transaction cycles including cash receipts, disbursements, payroll and purchasing. He told the board the audit followed generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards.
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