A screenshot of the report detailing the audit of the county’s fiscal year 2020-21. (Screenshot)
On Tuesday, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors heard that an audit of the county’s fiscal year 2020-21 found five deficiencies.
The findings found weaknesses in controls over financial reporting, with one specific finding concluding that there was a significant deficiency in internal controls over compliance, which county Auditor-Controller Cheryl Dillingham submitted an action plan to correct. The single audit of the $111.7 million in federal funds spent that fiscal year by the county found an inaccurate accounting report submitted to the federal government, which will not immediately come back to bite the county but could in the future if there is additional incorrect accounting.
“It wasn’t really material, but it could be material if not monitored properly,” Rich Gonzalez, an accountant with CliftonLarsonAllen, the firm contracted for the audit, said.
Of the other five findings, most of them repeats from previous audits, Gonzalez said the county’s trust funds – with about $80 million – have tracking issues and he recommended the…
