Florida’s bicameral Joint Legislative Auditing Committee wants a look at Baker County’s books.

Amid an ongoing legal controversy over whether the Clerk of Court or the County Commission controls finances in the rural county in Northeast Florida, lawmakers agreed to an operational audit of Baker County.

County Commissioner James Bennett noted “ongoing concerns” with finances, including years of late audit submissions and “lack of confidence” in the Clerk of Court’s office, helmed by Stacie Harvey .

“The Finance Director has recently departed … but that does not account for nine out of 10 audits” being late, he said.

“It is challenging for us as a county to continue to see our finances not being submitted on time to the state at a time when a county such as Baker County i

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