County audit yields clean opinion but flags procurement and sheriff's overexpenditure
Apr 28, 2026
Clackamas County's FY24-25 audited financial statements received an unmodified opinion; auditors reported two compliance findings (a procurement advertising omission and a sheriff's office overexpenditure) and two minor uncorrected adjustments the county chose not to post.
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Elizabeth Comfort, Clackamas County finance director, introduced the county's audited financial statements for fiscal year 2024-25 and said the county engaged Baker Tilly to perform the audit. Ashley Austin, Baker Tilly's lead auditor, told commissioners the audit team performed verification of accounts, substantive testing, internal control evaluation and federal grants compliance testing and that the results produced an unmodified opinion, meaning the financial statements are fairly presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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