Adams, Brown, Beran and Ball have given Barton County a clean bill of financial health following the 2017 audit that the accounting firm recently completed. The firm issued an unmodified opinion on the audit that covers the financial condition of Barton County from January 1, 2017 through January 31, 2017. Melissa Ille of Adams, Brown, Beran and Ball presented the audit report to Commissioners on Monday.

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The county’s ending cash balance was $15,496,210.

The audit did find a couple of minor violations that Ille says have been taken care of.

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Ille explained that an unmodified opinion is expressed to the financial statements that were prepared in all material respect and complying with applicable framework. This opinion is issued once auditors obtain sufficient and appropriate audit’s evidence to the financial statements as the result of their testing.