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County receives clean audit for year
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Published: November 20, 2008
Despite finding two small compliance discrepancies in the Iredell County Department of Social Services, auditors gave Iredell County an unqualified opinion for the 2007-08 fiscal year.
An unqualified opinion means the auditors found no material misstatements in the county's records, said Marcie Spivey, with Martin Starnes and Associates.
During the budget year, which ended June 30, the county spent $153.6 million and had $159.4 million in revenue.
Around 54 percent of the county's revenues came from the collection of property taxes, which increased from $72.36 million to $85.82 million.
Spivey said public safety, human services and education are the areas where the county spends most of its money.
Spending in all three areas went up during the last fiscal year. Education spending increased by 16 percent, jumping from $42.9 million to $51.6 million. Human services increased slightly from $33.3 million to $34.5 million.
Auditors did find two compliance issues related to DSS's operation procedures.
"I'm very pleased that there was only two," County Finance Director Susan Blumenstein said.
In one instance, auditors found many unattended workstations at the DSS facility. According to the Division of Social Services Fiscal Manual, DSS employees have to control the physical access to the state network terminals or personal computers connected to the state's mainframe.
The other instance reported in the audit regarded a form recommending domiciliary care was missing from two participants' files.
Spivey said technology has changed the way her firm conducts its audits. Instead of camping out in the finance office for weeks, a lot of the county's financial documentation can be sent electronically.
"We come back at final and that is when we really pester the finance office," she said. "Everyone seems well-prepared and willing to work hard for us."
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