An independent auditor has given Gwinnett County a clean bill of financial health.
Auditor Joel Black of Mauldin & Jenkins said the accounting firm could find no problems after reviewing county’s 2015 financial statements – an unusual distinction for a government the size of Gwinnett.
“We have a few other clients who have this, but not many,” Black told county commissioners in a briefing Tuesday morning. “Most governments comparable to your size will have some. Some have pages of (findings).”
County Commission Chairman Charlotte Nash, who previously was Gwinnett’s longtime county administrator and finance director, said she could not recall the county ever getting a completely clean audit, though findings in recent years have been minor. She credited the county’s finance department and independently elected constitutional officers for the clean audit.
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