OSA Weekly Update - 9/20/2024

1. Message from Auditor Blaha

2. Meeting: Fire Relief Association Working Group

3. Avoiding Pitfall: Records Retention

4. Job Openings

1. Message from Auditor Blaha

Join us! The OSA is hiring Local Government Auditor’s, up to three in St. Paul and one in Mankato. The candidate(s) hired and new to this job classification may be eligible to receive a $5,000 hiring bonus, with start dates between Oct. 1, 2024 - June 2, 2025 available. This entry-level auditor position will be a member of our Audit Practice Division, performing duties such as legal compliance testing and developing audit findings.

If you have any questions, contact Human Resources Director Belle Sarff.

2. Meeting: Fire Relief Association Working Group

The State Auditor’s Fire Relief Association Working Group will be meeting on Sept. 25, from 10-11:30 a.m.

The meeting will be held in a hybrid format and will be live streamed for those who are interested in watching. The live-stream link, and the meeting agendas and materials, are available on the Working Group page of the OSA website.

3. Avoiding Pitfall: Records Retention

Government records must be preserved according to state law. In Minnesota, local governments may only destroy government records pursuant to:
  • An “Application for Authority to Dispose of Records” submitted to and approved by the State Records Disposition Panel; or
  • A records retention schedule adopted by the governing board and approved by the State Records Disposition Panel.
If the governmental entity adopts one of these general records retention schedules and that schedule is subsequently updated by the State Records Disposition Panel, the governmental entity does not have to adopt the new version of the general schedule. Instead, the State Records Disposition Panel will assume the governmental entity will use the most recent version of the general schedule.
Links to the general records retention schedules for Minnesota governmental entities, including counties, cities, townships, and school districts, are found on the Minnesota Historical Society’s website.
In addition, this website offers guidelines, information leaflets and forms to assist governmental entities in managing their paper and electronic records. For example, the site provides information leaflets for records of watershed districts, soil and water conservation districts, law enforcement, county auditors, public libraries, public health care facilities, heritage preservation commissions, towns, cities, and school districts.

The full Avoiding Pitfall is available on the OSA website.

4. Job Openings

Local Government Auditor (St. Paul)

The OSA is hiring up to three Local Government Auditor positions based in St. Paul. The candidate(s) hired and new to this job classification may be eligible to receive a $5,000 hiring bonus! This bonus will be paid in two increments, with the first payment made after successfully passing the probationary period.

As a team member of the Audit Practice Division, this entry-level auditor position assists in external financial and compliance audits of Minnesota local governments by performing procedures necessary to determine the reliability of clients’ financial statements and compliance with legal and federal requirements.

Start dates between October 1, 2024 - June 2, 2025 are available.

The job posting will close on Sept. 30, 2024.

Local Government Auditor (Mankato)

The OSA is hiring a Local Government Auditor positions based in Mankato. The candidate hired and new to this job classification may be eligible to receive a $5,000 hiring bonus! This bonus will be paid in two increments, with the first payment made after successfully passing the probationary period.

As a team member of the Audit Practice Division, this entry-level auditor position assists in external financial and compliance audits of Minnesota local governments by performing procedures necessary to determine the reliability of clients’ financial statements and compliance with legal and federal requirements.

Start dates between October 1, 2024 - June 2, 2025 are available.

The job posting will close on Sept. 30, 2024.