For Greene County News

COLUMBUS — A recent financial audit of Greene County by Auditor of State Dave Yost’s office has returned a clean audit report, according to a release from the state office. The county’s excellent record keeping has qualified it for the “Auditor of State Award with Distinction.”

“Good finance is important to everything government does,” Yost said. “Sound budgetary decisions depend on clean and accurate books.”

The “Auditor of State Award with Distinction” title 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 the form of a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
• 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 the eligible entity.