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2017-09-21 MINUTES 1 <br />COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES <br />KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON <br />COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM <br />SPECIAL MEETING <br /> <br />THURSDAY 3:30 P.M. SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 <br /> <br />Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell & Commissioner Obie <br />O’Brien (arrived at 3:40 p.m.). Excused: Vice-Chairman, Laura <br />Osiadacz. <br /> <br />Others: Mandy Buchholz, Deputy Clerk of the Board II; Ann Strand, <br />Audit Manager; Jesus Baldovinos, Assistant Audit Manager; Judy <br />Pless, Budget & Finance Manager; Greg Zempel, Prosecutor; Val <br />Barschaw, Clerk; Lucas Huck, Engineer; Robin Read, Public Health <br />Director; Patti Johnson, Solid Waste/Maintenance Director/Project <br />Manager; Lisa Young, HR Director; Nick Henderson, Coroner; Kaitlyn <br />Reddick, Fiscal Analyst. <br /> <br />SPECIAL MEETING STATE AUDITOR COMMISSIONERS <br /> <br />At 3:40 p.m. Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting with <br />representatives from the Washington State Auditor’s office to go <br />over the Exit Financial and Federal single audit that was conducted <br />on Kittitas County for the period January 1, 2016 through December <br />31, 2016. <br /> <br />Ann Strand, Audit Manager & Jesus Baldovinos Assistant Audit Manager <br />provided handouts including a summary of uncorrected items and <br />reviewed their agenda for the Exit Conference. <br /> <br />Jesus Baldovinos, Assistant Audit Manager stated that the results <br />they will go over are from the County’s Financial and Federal Audit. <br />He explained that the Accountability Audit will be conducted soon, <br />but most importantly he wanted to highlight that the County has a <br />clean financial audit/no findings. <br /> <br />Mr. Baldovinos, expressed his appreciation to Judy Pless, Budget and <br />Finance Manager. He stated that they look forward to audits in <br />Kittitas County largely in part of how easy Ms. Pless is to work <br />with and how helpful and prompt she is when they need direction or <br />additional information. <br /> <br />Ann Strand, Audit Manager provided & reviewed a Management Letter <br />and highlighted that it is recommended probably for the last time <br />that County Management improve controls over financial reporting. <br />Specifically, management should ensure correct classification of <br />transactions and fund balance. She provided a summary of the <br />Auditor’s results noting that this was the second year the County’s <br />reporting was in accordance with Uniform Guidance.