YELLOW SHEET Office of the State Auditor of Missouri |
Report No. 2000-64
July 31, 2000
IMPORTANT:� The Missouri State Auditor is required by
Missouri law to conduct audits only once every four years in counties, like
Shelby, which do not have a county auditor.�
However, to assist such counties in meeting federal audit requirements,
the State Auditor will also perform a financial and compliance audit of various
county operating funds every two
years.� This voluntary service to
Missouri counties can only be provided when state auditing resources are
available and does not interfere with the State Auditor�s constitutional responsibility of auditing state
government.
Once
every four years, the State Auditor�s statutory audit will cover additional
areas of county operations, as well as the elected county officials,� as required by Missouri=s Constitution.��
This audit of Shelby County included additional areas of county operations, as well as the elected county officials.� The following concerns were noted as part of the audit:
It
was noted that the Public Administrator inconsistently charges fees on various
types of transactions and does not provide calculations of his fees to the
Probate Court.� There is no written policy
identifying the types of monies received or transactions which should be
considered as income.�
Also
included in the audit are recommendations to improve the county�s federal cash
management procedures, purchasing procedures and fixed asset records.� Additional recommendations were made to
improve controls in the County Collector and Public Administrator records.