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Board approves audit deadline extensions for component units and will contact state auditor
Summary
Fayette County approved deadline extensions for the Farmland Protection Board and public libraries to complete component-unit audits and agreed to send a letter to the state auditor expressing concern about repeated extension requests.
Commissioners approved requests by two county component units for additional time to complete their audits and voted to notify the auditor’s office of their concerns.
Staff said component-unit audits are due by Nov. 30 each year and that Farmland had encountered problems in its request for proposals, requiring an extension; the public libraries also requested an extension beyond one previously approved to Jan. 30. One commissioner proposed sending a letter to the auditor’s office because repeated late filings could result in adverse findings that would reflect on the county.
The board moved, seconded and approved both the extensions and the proposal to send a letter to the auditor outlining the county’s concerns about repeated extension requests from external audit firms.
No audit firm names, specific new deadlines beyond February, or formal sanctions were recorded on the meeting minutes; commissioners said if further extension requests arrive they would be less likely to approve them.
