An audit of Sullivan County for the two years ending Dec. 31, 2015 shows several concerns regarding actions taken in various county offices.
State Auditor Nicole Galloway issued the audit on Wednesday with a “poor” rating, citing several findings. Most of the findings came in the public administrator’s office, in which the state said documentation was not maintained for all disbursements made by the office as well as some assets of two estates were not included in the annual settlements. In addition, bank reconciliations were not performed and checks were not always issued in sequence. The audit said the probate division of the Circuit Court did not sufficiently review activity of cases handled by the public administrator.
Other areas of concern were listed regarding disbursement of property taxes by the collector-treasurer, segregation of accounting duties, non-establishment of procedures for follow up on outstanding checks, no physical inventory of seized property, a lack of adequate password controls for computers and a lack of documentation for contracted labor. The county commission was also cited for two violations of the Sunshine Law by not preparing minutes of closed meetings held in 2015 as well as an agenda that did not include advanced notice of a closed meeting.
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