The City of Bellefontaine has been awarded the Ohio Auditor of State Award for the years 2011, 2104, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

The Ohio Auditor of State Award is presented to local governments and school districts upon completion of a financial audit. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a "clean" audit report:

  • The entity must file timely financial reports with the Auditor of State's office in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles);

  • The audit report does not contain findings for recovery, material citations, material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, Single Audit findings or questioned costs;

  • The entitiy's management letter contains no comments related to:

    • Ethics referrals

    • Questioned costs less than #10,000

    • Lack of timely reporting submission

    • Reconciliation

    • Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit

    • Findings for recovery less than $100

    • Public meetings of public records

  • No other financial of other concerns exist that involve eligible entity.