Crittenden County Clerk’s Office has been approved for an abbreviated audit of its 2022 fee account based on good performance records under County Clerk Daryl Tabor.
By being approved for an agreed-upon procedures (AUP) engagement by Kentucky State Auditor Mike Harmon, there is a savings to taxpayers by reducing the number of hours spent by auditors analyzing the office’s financial records. The average cost of county clerk AUPs is only a third of a full financial audit, potentially saving local governments hundreds of dollars.
Earlier this year, Crittenden Fiscal Court was billed $3,648 for the 2021 audit of Tabor’s office, his first full year as county clerk. Since the financial audit report presented no findings, Tabor was able to apply for the AUP to reduce the audit burden. If the average savings hold true, the audit of 2022 records would cost the county around $1,200.
“Our office is proud to have qualified for the AUP, continuing the excellence in record-keeping and honesty for so many years under Carolyn Byford,” Tabor said. “This is a direct credit to the staff who work hard every day to accurately document every transaction.”
Tabor was appointed to replace Byford, who retired Sept. 30, 2020, after more than two decades as county clerk. In 2022, he was elected to keep the position for his first full, four-year term.
Senate Bill 144, which passed unanimously in the House and Senate during the 2018 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, gives the option for sheriffs and county clerks receive an AUP.
“If you follow the data, I believe this is a prime example of how we as elected leaders can come up with ways to be more efficient with the money the taxpayers of Kentucky provide,” Auditor Harmon said.
Altogether, AUPs have saved Kentucky taxpayers $1.6 million over the last four years.
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