Dublin's last three audits were clean; long-term obligations stood at $202 million

Record Plattenburg & Associates, an accounting firm whose reports the Ohio Auditor of State accepted, gave Dublin unmodified, or clean, opinions on its financial statements for 2022, 2023 and 2024. Each report says the auditors did not identify internal control deficiencies they consider material weaknesses and found no noncompliance required to be reported. ^[1][2][3]

Record The Auditor of State's cover letter notes that the office accepted the firm's reports in place of its own audit and did not audit the statements itself. ^[1]

Debt and net position

Record Long-term obligations, excluding compensated absences and net pension and retiree health liabilities, were $194.5 million at the end of 2022, $192.0 million at the end of 2023 and $202.1 million at the end of 2024. ^[1][2][3]

Record Total net position rose from about $743.4 million to $775.0 million to $806.6 million over the same three years. The 2023 report's transmittal letter puts that year's income tax revenue at $107.6 million. ^[1][2][3]

What an audit doesn't cover

Record A clean opinion means the financial statements are fairly presented. It is not a judgment on whether spending decisions were wise, and the auditors caution that weaknesses may exist that they did not identify. ^[1]

Open question The three prior reports were dated in late June. As of Oct. 15 we did not find a 2025 audit for Dublin in the Auditor of State's online database.