Auditor Fitzpatrick announces start of regularly scheduled audit of Polk County
Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick announced today that his office has started a regularly scheduled audit of Polk County, located in southwest Missouri. The audit officially began with an entrance meeting with county officials on July 9, 2024.
The State Auditor's Office last released an audit of Polk County in 2016. The report gave the county a rating of "good" but identified a number of concerns related to oversight and review procedures in the county collector's office. The audit raised concerns about the lack of review of the county collector's financial activities by the county clerk or the county commission, which increases the risk of loss or misuse of funds. The report also described errors that led to about $4,000 being mistakenly distributed to the Tax Maintenance and County Employees' Retirement Funds instead of the county's General Revenue Fund.
Individuals may provide confidential information for consideration during the audit of Polk County to the State Auditor's Whistleblower Hotline at 800-347-8597, by email at moaudit@auditor.mo.gov or by visiting www.auditor.mo.gov/hotline.
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