Finding 1073056 (2022-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
ABH
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2024-09-12
Audit: 319416
Organization: Lasalle County (IL)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County and Self Insurance Trust are not preparing their own financial statements, relying heavily on external auditors.
  • Impacted Requirements: This reliance may lead to material misstatements in the County's financial results.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Increase training for accounting staff to enable them to prepare financial statements independently.

Finding Text

Finding 2022 – 001: Financial Reporting Condition: The County and Self Insurance Trust do not provide their own financial statements, notes, required supplementary information. Criteria: The County relies on the audit firm to prepare the modified accrual financial statements due to the lack of staff and training involved in preparing external financial reports. Cause: The County relies on the external auditors to draft the individual fund statements, assist with modified accrual entries, make conversion entries, draft the government-wide statements, and prepare note disclosures. Effect: The financial results of certain funds within the County’s financial statements could be materially misstated. Recommendation: We recommend the County consider providing increased training to accounting staff to prepare the financial statements.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 496614 2022-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 496615 2022-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 496616 2022-003
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1073057 2022-002
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1073058 2022-003
    Significant Deficiency Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $1.92M
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $181,398
10.557 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children $136,831
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $119,074
93.074 Hospital Preparedness Program (hpp) and Public Health Emergency Preparedness (phep) Aligned Cooperative Agreements $71,911
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $71,713
97.042 Emergency Management Performance Grants $42,731
93.898 Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial and Tribal Organizations $38,511
93.994 Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States $27,043
10.555 National School Lunch Program $5,962
66.032 State Indoor Radon Grants $4,521
66.605 Performance Partnership Grants $3,821
10.553 School Breakfast Program $449
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $287