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YELLOW SHEET Office of the State Auditor of Missouri |
October 5, 1999
Report No. 99-90
IMPORTANT: The Missouri State Auditor is required by Missouri law to conduct audits only once every four years in counties, like Cooper, 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 Cooper County was a financial and compliance audit of various county operating funds.
The county does not have a procedure in place to track federal awards for the preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA). The county's SEFA contained numerous errors and omissions. An accurate SEFA is necessary to ensure federal financial activity is audited and reported in accordance with federal requirements.
The audit also includes some other matters upon which the county should consider and take appropriate corrective action.
