Columbus - Auditor of State Dave Yost is pleased to announce that the following entities received the Auditor of State Award for their clean audit reports:

• Berkshire Local School District (Geauga County)
• Dayton Technology Design High School (Montgomery County)
• EHOVE Career Center (Erie County)
• City of Hubbard (Trumbull County)
• City of Hudson (Summit County)
• Franklin Local School District (Muskingum County)
• Glass City Academy (Lucas County)
• Lisbon Exempted Village School District (Columbiana County)
• City of North Royalton (Cuyahoga County)
• Ontario Local School District (Richland County)
• Scioto County Regional Water District #1
• City of Springfield (Clark County)

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

Full copies of these audits can be found online at www.auditor.state.oh.us.