Centerville schools have clean audit

Centerville City Schools was one of a select few Ohio school districts to qualify for the Auditor of State Award with Distinction for excellent record keeping .A recent financial audit of the district by Auditor of State Dave Yost’s office returned a clean audit report.

The award was presented by Joe Braden, the West Regional Liaison for the state auditor’s office, to Centerville Schools Treasurer Mitch Biederman and his staff during the Centerville Board of Education meeting on Jan. 22, 2018. According to Braden, this is the first time Centerville has received the award.

“It’s important to note that this puts the Centerville City school district in a very select group,” Braden said at the board meeting. “The Auditor of State’s office audits nearly 6,000 entities, and less than 300 are even eligible for this award.”

The Auditor of State Award with Distinction is presented to local governments and school districts upon the completion of a financial audit. Entities that receive the award meet the following criteria of a “clean” audit report:

■ The entity must file timely financial reports with the Auditor of State’s office in the form of a CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report)

■ The audit report does not contain any findings for recovery, material citations, material weaknesses, significant deficiencies, Single Audit findings or questioned costs

■ The entity’s management letter contains no comments related to:

- Ethics referrals - Questioned costs less than $10,000

- Lack of timely report submission

- Reconciliation

- Failure to obtain a timely Single Audit

- Findings for recovery less than $100

- Public meetings or public records

■ No other financial or other concerns exist that involve eligible entity

Centerville City Schools serve about 8,200 students in Centerville and Washington Township in southwest Ohio, offering a variety of educational programs to a diverse student population. The district operates 13 school buildings, as well as two preschools and a bus facility accommodating and servicing 120 buses that also transports daily to 15 non-public schools. Visit www.centerville.k12.oh.us for more information. others, customers received a total of 7,594 DP&L rebates on heating and cooling equipment. A remarkable year with customers saving more than 7.2 million kWh, or nearly $1,000,000 on energy costs.

The winners are divided by business size:

■ Large Contractors – Logan AC and Heat Services (Dayton); Stevenson Service Experts (Beavercreek); Butler Heating and Air Conditioning Co. (Dayton); Detmer and Sons Inc. (Fairborn).

■ Medium Contractors – Extreme’s One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning (Beavercreek); WmBrockman & Sons (Dayton); A-Abel Heating & Cooling (Dayton).

■ Small Contractors – Deer Heating & Cooling Inc. (Fairborn); Allied Services Inc. (Clayton); H&M Heating & Cooling, Inc. (Kettering).

■ Top Overall Savings – Detmer and Sons Inc. was awarded the Contractor of Excellence for exemplary program contributions and their quality of work associated with how they administer the rebates.

DP&L customers who install higher efficiency heating/air conditioning systems are eligible for rebates through participating contractors. Higher efficiency systems also help residents continue to save money on their heating and cooling costs. DP&L also has information about other energy efficient measures you can take to cut your energy costs at www.dpandl.com/save.