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Joint finance committee presses review of pre-audit costs and forensic findings
Summary
Members said a recent forensic audit uncovered problems that annual audits missed and questioned the county’s reliance on a pre-auditor and the structure and cost of audit contracts; the committee instructed staff to benchmark nearby counties and bring options to the board.
The Joint Finance Committee of Northumberland County on May 23 pressed staff to re-examine audit procurement and pre-audit practices after a forensic audit revealed accounting and control weaknesses that prior annual audits did not flag. Committee members said the county is paying pre-audit and audit firms tens of thousands of dollars and should evaluate whether both contracts are still necessary.
Committee members described a pattern in which the county’s pre-auditor has billed beyond contracted hour blocks in recent years, leaving the…
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