The Ohio Auditor of State has issued a Performance Audit that is not too welcome news for the staff of the Cuyahoga County Recorder's office. The report suggests that the local office wastes over $1 million a year and employs too many employees who make more than their counterparts in other Ohio counties. The report makes specific recommendations for reducing the number of staff, consolidating job functions, reducing wage increases, creating a staffing plan and job descriptions, and implementing a formal hiring process. Former Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Lillian J. Greene, who is the new County Recorder, will certainly have her work cut out for her implementing appropriate changes pursuant to this report. Click here to read the State Auditor's Press Release, and click here to read an article about the report from Crain's Cleveland Business.