The City of Bainbridge Island is audited each year by the Washington State Auditor’s Office. According to the office of Washington State Auditor Brian Sonntag, the purpose of this audit is to “assure users of a government’s financial statement; that those statements are ‘fairly presented" and to provide users with “an independent basis for relying upon management’s assertions concerning the government’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.” The audit is a thorough process, in which a member of the Auditor’s office spends four to seven weeks at City Hall inspecting records, interviewing staff and observing and evaluating the City’s financial processes.
The State Auditor's Office mission is to work in cooperation with our audit clients and citizens as an advocate for government accountability. As an elected agency, the State Auditor's Office has the independence necessary to objectively perform audits and investigations. Our audits are designed to comply with professional standards as well as to satisfy the requirements of federal, state, and local laws.
