Geauga County received a clean opinion on its 2024 financial statements, but a 153-page state audit released June 25 flagged two problems: a $215.6 million misstatement in how the county reported property taxes and a failure to file most of its required federal COVID-relief spending reports. The Ohio Auditor of State gave the county an unmodified, or “clean,” opinion on its financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2024 — the highest leve…
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