Kent County officials, who authorized a major upgrade to the county’s financial reporting systems a year ago, were pleased to receive the independent audit report on March 28 for fiscal year 2020, which straddled the old and new systems. “This is the last of the catch-up years,” explained the representative of the Scott Northam CPA firm, which was unable due to the midyear shift to make an opinion for 2020 due to a previous lack of data and a true accounting system. but is “striving for an unqualified opinion” going forward.
