MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Community College System achieved another perfect audit by the Alabama State Auditor\’s Office. State Auditor Andrew Sorrell presented Chancellor Jimmy H. Baker with a special certificate on Thursday, July 27, to recognize this accomplishment.
During the audit, Tammie Thompson, the System\’s Office Manager for Financial Services, and Laurie Rhoads, the System\’s Asset Coordinator, worked for weeks across the System to successfully account for more than 1,500 items, valued at more than $9.9 million. The state audit happens at least once every two years.
Sorrell said a perfect audit is rare for an agency as large as the Alabama Community College System, but not unusual for the System, which has obtained a perfect audit for the last several years.
\”We have about $1.3 billion in statewide inventory with 288,000 inventory items in which we are accountable to the taxpayers of this state. This is a huge task, but thanks to the leadership of Chancellor Baker, the building manager, and all the faculty and staff, they were able to achieve a perfect audit,\” Sorrell said.
Sensitive technology items and items valued at $500 or more – and are not consumable – are included in the audit.
ABOUT THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
Alabama’s community and technical colleges were unified as one system May 3, 1963, when legislators laid the groundwork for a unified system of institutions to focus on accessible training in “arts and sciences and in useful skills and trades” for current and future labor needs. Sixty years have passed, but that important cause remains the singular purpose of the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). With 24 community and technical colleges in more than 130 locations and an economic impact of $6.6 billion, the ACCS is Alabama\’s gateway to first-class, affordable education and technical training to compete in a constantly evolving workforce. More than 155,000 Alabamians benefit from the various certification, credential, dual enrollment and degree programs ACCS offers alongside leading industry partners. The System includes the Alabama Technology Network, which provides extensive training and service offerings directly to business and industry. ACCS is governed by the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees.
Pictured from left to right: Tammie Thompson, Alabama Community College System Office Manager for Financial Services; Chancellor Jimmy H. Baker; State Auditor Andrew Sorrell; and Laurie Rhoads, Alabama Community College System Asset Coordinator.
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