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Frank J. Gliha |
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Geauga County Auditor |
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Annual reports are available in Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format). You will need Adobe Reader
(or Adobe Acrobat Reader) to access the below files. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can
download if from Adobe's site.
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To the Citizens of Geauga County:
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As Geauga County’s Chief Financial Officer, I am pleased to present our
fourteenth annual Citizens Financial Report for the year ending December 31,
2011. (The actual reports can be viewed or downloaded from the dropdown's above). |
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The sole purpose of the report is to make the government of Geauga County more accountable to you,
the citizens of the County. What services does the County provide? How has Geauga County used your
tax dollars? The publication of this report increases our accountability to the public by presenting
an overview of the County’s economy, its finances, its resources, the use of taxpayer dollars.
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The CAFR was prepared in conformance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and was
audited by the Auditor of State of Ohio’s office, receiving an unqualified opinion. The Citizens
Financial Report, however, is unaudited and is presented on a non-GAAP basis. The major differences
between GAAP and non-GAAP reporting deals with not including component units and in the presentation
of segregated funds, as well as full disclosure of all material financial and non-financial events in
the notes to the financial statements. Individuals who desire to review GAAP basis, full disclosure
financial statements should refer to the County’s CAFR, which is available from the County Auditor’s Office.
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The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has given an Award
for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting to Geauga County for its Citizens
Financial Report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006. The Award for Outstanding Achievement
in Popular Annual Financial Reporting is a prestigious national award, recognizing conformance with
the highest standards for preparation of state and local government popular reports. In order to receive
an Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial Reporting, a government unit must publish
a Popular Annual Financial Report whose contents conform to program standards of creativity, presentation,
understandability and reader appeal. An Award for Outstanding Achievement in Popular Annual Financial
Reporting is valid for a period of one year only. We believe our current report continues to conform to
the Popular Annual Financial Reporting requirements, and we are submitting it the GFOA.
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As we all have an interest in the operation of our County Government, I welcome any comments or
suggestions concerning this report or any other aspects of Geauga County Government.
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Sincerely,
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Frank J. Gliha
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Geauga County Auditor
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