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County governance audit finds no deficiencies but urges centralized board inventory and onboarding; internal audit outlines ongoing projects
Summary
A governance audit found no formal deficiencies in Knox County boards and committees but recommended a centralized repository of boards/committees, better onboarding for board members and formalized reporting for KEMA; Internal Audit described ongoing projects, peer‑review scheduling and hotline activity.
Nathan Wallace and Shelby Davis of Knox County Internal Audit presented the governance audit to the Audit Committee and said their testing did not identify audit findings but produced three opportunities for improvement.
"We found generally effective oversight structures, but it was very difficult to ascertain the full number of active boards and committees," Nathan Wallace said. The audit team compiled an initial inventory of 123 boards and committees, removed dissolved or out‑of‑scope entities, and judgmentally sampled 27 boards for detailed testing. Auditors recommended creating a centralized, authoritative repository so boards are not overlooked during leadership…
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