EATON – Auditor of State Dave Yost recently announced that the City of Eaton was receiving the Auditor of State Award for their clean audit reports:
The Auditor of State Award is presented to local governments and school districts upon the completion of a financial audit. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a “clean” audit report:
• The entity must file timely financial reports with the Auditor of State’s office in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles);
• The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, Single Audit findings or questioned costs;
• The entity’s management letter contains no comments related to:
• Ethics referrals
•Questioned costs less than $10,000
•Lack of timely report submission
•Reconciliation
•Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit
•Findings for recovery less than $100
•Public meetings or public records
• No other financial or other concerns exist that involve eligible entity.
A full copy of each report is available online.