07/27/2016
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway today issued her office's monthly report detailing local government compliance with financial reporting laws. Cities, towns and villages in Missouri are required to file annual financial reports with the State Auditor's Office within six months of the end of their fiscal year.
"These annual reports are required by law, and can serve as a valuable tool for local governments to share information with citizens about how their tax dollars are being managed," Auditor Galloway said. "This information promotes accountability in government and transparency to citizens, and it's troubling that nearly half of local governments included in this report failed to submit this basic information to my office."
This report includes filing statuses for the 391 cities, towns and villages whose financial reports were due to the State Auditor's Office by the end of June, 2016 as required by law. Of the 391 municipal governments included in this reporting period, 209 had filed their annual required financial reports by the end of June and 182 had not, for a success rate of 53 percent.
The report also includes information on other local governments that submitted financial reports or related documents to the State Auditor's Office. Reports received are searchable online. Today's full report is available here.
