STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR PHIL BRYANT State Auditor RAMONA HILL, CPA Director, Financial and Compliance Audit Division ED YARBOROUGH, CPA, CIA, CFE, CGFM Director, County Audit Section part6 doc

... election of county officials. The following officials are all part of the county legal entity and therefore are reported as part of the primarygovernment financial statements.$ Board of Supervisors$ ... the State of Mississippi. The county is governed by an electedfive-member Board of Supervisors. Generally accepted accounting principles require Jefferson County topresent these financial statements ... collateralized (105%) by securities basedupon market value, and the securities are to be held in the name of the county. During the audited fiscal year, asignificant amount of the county& apos;s...

... Walthall and Wilkinson. The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors appoints four of the 40 members of the board of directors. The county appropriated approximately $3,672for support of the district ... source of payment for the COPs. The lease obligation is not recorded because the COPs areconsidered, in substance, limited debt obligations of the county, and accordingly, are reflected in the ... replace washed out or collapsed bridges on the public roads of the county. As of September 30, 1997, the amount of outstanding general obligation bonded debtwas equal to 5.37% of the latest property...

... other than the lowest bidder.31 OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR PHIL BRYANT AUDITOR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR& apos;S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING BASED ON AN AUDIT ... matter of public record and its distribution is not limited. PHIL BRYANT RAMONA HILL, CPA State Auditor Director, Financial and Compliance Audit Division 27JEFFERSON COUNTY Reconciliation of Operating ... 33 OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR PHIL BRYANT AUDITOR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR& apos;S REPORT ON CENTRAL PURCHASING SYSTEM,INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM AND PURCHASE CLERK SCHEDULES(REQUIRED BY SECTION...

... 39 OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR PHIL BRYANT AUDITOR INDEPENDENT AUDITOR& apos;S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONSApril 22, 1998Members of the Board of SupervisorsJefferson County, ... standards and the procedures prescribed by the State Auditor, and accordingly, included such tests of the accounting records and suchother auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the ... circumstances.As required by the state legal compliance audit program prescribed by the Office of the State Auditor, we havealso performed procedures to test compliance with certain state laws and regulations....

... maintained as prescribed by the Office of the State Auditor. Tax Assessor/Collector=s Response The Tax Collector chose not to respond.JEFFERSON COUNTY Schedule of FindingsFor the Year Ended September ... to keep and preserve a complete and correct record of all proceedings and orders of the board. As reported in the prior year audit report, several of the older minute books of the Board of Supervisors ... collections and make available to the auditors the information concerning the growth for 1997.4. Finding Section 19-3-27, Miss. Code Ann. (1972), states that it is the duty of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors...