The State Auditor’s Office has denied to submit a bid to perform the annual audit for the City of Guthrie Center. Citing too much of an existing workload, Deputy Auditor of State Tami Kusian says the office will politely decline the City’s request for a bid. Several of the Council members including Randy Nickel believe the State could do a more in depth job of auditing than private sector firms the City had used in the past and wanted them to take the job.  City Clerk Laura Imerman says the State gave a bid last year, but it was nearly twice as much as the proposed $5,000 bid they received from Cornwell, Frideres, Maher & Associates P.L.C., of Fort Dodge. The City will now write back to the State Auditor’s Office to see if they can get an audit scheduled sometime in the future.