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Draft county audit flags record‑keeping and procurement gaps; final report due this week
Summary
County audit firm UHY has delivered draft findings that cite missing contracts, unsupported payroll adjustments, duplicate entries and procurement documentation gaps; the firm is finishing a quality check and the county expects a final report by Friday or, at latest, Tuesday.
Neeta, county staff overseeing finance, told the Essex County Board on March 24 that the county's annual audit — prepared by UHY — is undergoing a final quality check and that a final report was expected by Friday or, at the latest, next Tuesday.
She said staff already received the audit firm's findings and will prepare management responses. "They are running the annual audit through their quality check process as one last moment of making sure everything is correct," Neeta said,…
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