State auditors initiate 2016 review for county

The State Auditor’s Office was met by a crowd of department heads in the county commissioners’ chambers at the courthouse Monday afternoon as the kickoff for the county’s 2016 audit.

Assistant Audit Manager Molly Mors was present and detailed the process that is now underway to perform a federal audit, a financial audit of the county for 2016 and an accountability audit.

Mors detailed that the federal audit process is mostly complete and is due by Sept. 30. She said this audit is mostly for the Public Works department and looks at federal grant compliance. Specifically, this audit is looking a...