County auditor reports Tyler software migration drove reporting discrepancies; commissioners authorize 2025 audit engagement

Rodney M. Burns of Rodney M. Burns, CPA LLC presented the 2024 audit and explained that the county's transition to the Tyler accounting system produced differences between the old and new ledgers. Burns said the systems left "several $100,000 of difference between the two" at the start of 2024 but added, "No money is missing. No money is outside of our governance or nothing unaccounted for." He said the auditor found issues to adjust but no evidence of fraud.

The audit identified two overbudget funds (a Fair Building Fund overage of about $100 and a bond interest fund overbudget roughly $38,000) and one fund briefly in deficit that later received state receipts. After discussion about the software and reconciling balances, Commissioner present on the motion moved to "authorize the chairman to execute the audit engagement letter with Rodney M. Burns, CPA LLC for the 2025 audit." The motion passed unanimously. Commissioners asked Burns whether he could continue directly into the 2025 audit; Burns said he would plan to return in late spring if schedules permit.