COLUMBUS – Auditor of State Keith Faber is pleased to announce that the following entities received Auditor of State Awards in September for their clean audit reports:

• Burr Oak Regional Water District (Athens County)
• City of St. Marys (Auglaize County)
• Butler County Land Reutilization Corporation (Butler County)
• Butler County (Butler County)
• Clinton Metropolitan Housing Authority (Clinton County)
• Crawford County Land Reutilization Corporation (Crawford County)
• Northwest School of the Arts (Cuyahoga County)
• City of Maple Heights (Cuyahoga County)
• Defiance County (Defiance County)
• Powell Community Improvement Corporation (Delaware County)
• Delaware County Transit Board (Delaware County)
• Erie County General Health District (Erie County)
• Jefferson Water and Sewer District (Franklin County)
• Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (Franklin County)
• Fulton County (Fulton County)
• City of Chardon (Geauga County)
• Geauga Metropolitan Housing Authority (Geauga County)
• City of Bellbrook (Greene County)
• Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority (Hamilton County)
• Highland Metropolitan Housing Authority (Highland County)
• Lawrence County Land Reutilization Corporation (Lawrence County)
• Logan County Metropolitan Housing Authority (Logan County)
• Madison Avenue School of Arts (Lucas County)
• South East Area Transit (Muskingum County)
• Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority (Muskingum County)
• Pike Metropolitan Housing Authority (Pike County)
• Portage County Metropolitan Housing Authority (Portage County)
• Preble County (Preble County)
• Sandusky County Land Reutilization Corporation (Sandusky County)
• Sandusky County (Sandusky County)
• Stark County Port Authority (Stark County)
• Summit/Akron Solid Waste Management Authority (Summit County)
• Development Finance Authority of Summit County (Summit County)
• Summit and Medina Workforce Area Council of Governments (Summit County)
• City of South Lebanon (Warren County)
• Warren County Port Authority (Warren County)
• City of Bryan (Williams County)

“By keeping accurate financial records, governing bodies demonstrate their commitment to efficient, effective, and transparent service,” Auditor Faber said. “This award honors public entities that have put in the hard work to keep their finances in order.”

The Auditor of State’s Office presents the awards 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 financial reports with the Auditor of State’s Office by the statutory due date, without extension, via the Hinkle System and in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles);
• The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weakness, significant deficiencies, Uniform Guidance (Single Audit) findings or questioned costs;
• The entity’s management letter contains no comment related to:
  • Ethics referrals
  • Questioned costs less than the threshold per the Uniform Guidance
  • Lack of timely annual financial report submission
  • Bank reconciliation issues
  • Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit in accordance with Uniform Guidance
  • Findings for recovery less than $500
  • Public meetings or public records issues
• The entity has no other financial or other concerns

Full copies of these reports are available online.

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The Auditor of State’s office, one of five independently elected statewide offices in Ohio, is responsible for auditing more than 5,900 state and local government agencies. Under the direction of Auditor Keith Faber, the office also provides financial services to local governments, investigates and prevents fraud in public agencies, and promotes transparency in government.