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County of Mahoning, Ohio Reports Issued Pursuant to OMB Circular A-133 Year Ended December 31, 2009 Board of County Commissioners Mahoning County 120 Market Street Youngstown, Ohio 44503 We have reviewed the Independent Auditor’s Report of Mahoning County, prepared by Rea & Associates, Inc., for the audit period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009. Based upon this review, we have accepted these reports in lieu of the audit required by Section 117.11, Revised Code. The Auditor of State did not audit the accompanying financial statements and, accordingly, we are unable to express, and do not express an opinion on them. Our review was made in reference to the applicable sections of legislative criteria, as reflected by the Ohio Constitution, and the Revised Code, policies, procedures and guidelines of the Auditor of State, regulations and grant requirements. Mahoning County is responsible for compliance with these laws and regulations. Mary Taylor, CPA Auditor of State September 2, 2010 88 E. Broad St. / Fifth Floor / Columbus, OH 43215‐3506 Telephone: (614) 466‐4514 (800) 282‐0370 Fax: (614) 466‐4490 www.auditor.state.oh.us This Page is Intentionally Left Blank. COUNTY OF MAHONING, OHIO DECEMBER 31, 2009 Table of Contents Page Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards ..................................................................................................... 1-2 Independent Auditor’s Report on Compliance with Requirements Applicable to Each Major Program and Internal Control Over Compliance in Accordance with OMB Circular A-133 .................................................................. 3-4 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards ..................................................................................... 5-9 Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards .............................................................. 10-11 Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs ................................................................................... 12-14 June 25, 2010 Mahoning County Board of Commissioners 120 Market Street Youngstown, Ohio 44503 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, the discretely presented component unit, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the County of Mahoning, Ohio (the County), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009, which collectively comprise the County’s basic financial statements and have issued our report thereon dated June 25, 2010. Our report refers to other auditors. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in the Comptroller General of the United States’ Government Auditing Standards. Other auditors audited the financial statements of MASCO, Inc., a component unit, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and not in accordance with Government Auditing Standards and accordingly this report does not extend to MASCO, Inc. Internal Control Over Financial Reporting In planning and performing our audit, we considered County's internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the County's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the County's internal control over financial reporting. A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and timely correct misstatements. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of internal control deficiencies resulting in more than a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the County’s financial statements will not be prevented or detected and corrected in a timely basis. Our consideration of the internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be deficiencies, significant deficiencies or material weaknesses. We did not identify any deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above. However, we noted certain other internal control matters that we reported to the County’s management in a separate letter dated June 25, 2010. 1 Mahoning County Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards June 25, 2010 Page 2 Compliance and Other Matters As part of reasonably assuring whether the County's financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards. However, we noted certain noncompliance or other matters that we have reported to management of the County in a separate letter dated June 25, 2010. This report is intended solely for the information and use of the audit committee, County Commissioners, management, and federal awarding agencies and pass-through agencies and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than those specified parties. 2 June 25, 2010 Mahoning County Board of Commissioners 120 Market Street Youngstown, Ohio 44503 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO EACH MAJOR PROGRAM AND INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH OMB CIRCULAR A-133 Compliance We have audited the compliance of Mahoning County (the County) with the types of compliance requirements described in the U. S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, Compliance Supplement that are applicable to each of its major federal programs for the year ended December 31, 2009. The summary of auditor’s results section of the accompanying Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs identifies the County’s major federal programs. The County’s management is responsible for complying with the requirements of laws, regulations, contracts, and grants applicable to each major federal program. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the County's compliance based on our audit. We conducted our audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits included in the Comptroller General of the United States’ Government Auditing Standards; and OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations. Those standards and OMB Circular A-133 require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether noncompliance occurred with the compliance requirements referred to above that could directly and materially affect a major federal program. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about the County's compliance with those requirements and performing other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our audit does not provide a legal determination on the County’s compliance with those requirements. As described in finding 2009-001 in the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs, the County did not comply with requirements regarding establishment of paternity and support obligations applicable to its Child Support Enforcement major program. Compliance with this requirement is necessary, in our opinion, for the County to comply with requirements applicable to this program. In our opinion, except for the noncompliance described in the preceding paragraph, the County complied, in all material respects, with the requirements referred to above applicable to each of its major federal programs for the year ended December 31, 2009. Internal Control Over Compliance The County’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over compliance with the requirements of laws, regulations, contracts, and grants applicable to federal programs. In planning and performing our audit, we considered the County's internal control over compliance with requirements that could directly and materially affect a major federal program in order to 3 Mahoning County Independent Auditor’s Report on Compliance with Requirements