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Auditor flags sheriff's office budget controls as a material weakness in Burke County annual report
Summary
An independent auditor told the Burke County Board of Commissioners that the Sheriff's Office lacks budgetary controls that have repeatedly left the department over budget and recommended the board work with the office to resolve the issue.
Kay Proctor of audit firm Lanier, Deal, Proctor & Bloser presented Burke County's Annual Financial Report for the year ended Sept. 30, 2023, telling the Board that the county's finances are sound overall but that "material weaknesses remain within the Sheriff's Office's lack of budgetary controls which continue to cause that department to be over budget." She recommended the board continue working with the…
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