Bertie County Receives Strong Audit Report

Jeff Best of Pittard, Perry and Crone presented the Fiscal Year 2006-2007 audit report to the County Commissioners last night. The report was a very strong endorsement of the fiscal management of Bertie County.




Jeff Best is shown above at the podium with a copy of the audit report being delivered. It is quite long and contains, as all such reports do, a boring number of details about our finances. It is important for the numbers to make sense if they are to be useful.

The following charts show trends of analysis numbers which as taxpayers we want to go higher. Since the year 2000 they have consistently done so. The improved "tax collection rate", a steady rise in "expenditures" and a growing "Unreserved Fund Balance", were all accomplished without a tax increase. That shows the fiscal discipline that got Bertie County its glowing audit report.

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The following graphs show details of numbers that we want to get lower. Especially the first chart showing delinquent taxes owed to Bertie County. Since 2000, they have followed the right trend as well.





In their comments during the evening, Chairman Rick Harrell and County Manager Zee Lamb gave high praise to both the County Commissioners and the County Staff for this long track record of outstanding service to the tax payers and citizens of Bertie County. The type of fiscal discipline being shown in this report serves everyone well for the long term. It assures steady growth and maintains the environment that allows for conscientious public employees to take pride in their work.