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Merriam council acknowledges 2024 audit; auditors report clean opinion but flag internal-control issues
Summary
Council received the city—s 2024 audited financial statements (clean opinion) and a compliance report on federal coronavirus relief funds; auditors identified two material weaknesses and one significant deficiency and the council formally acknowledged receipt.
MERRIAM, Kan.
The Merriam City Council on Wednesday acknowledged receipt of the city—s 2024 independent audit and a compliance engagement covering Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (CSLFRF). Amy Tharnish, an auditor with Allen, Gibson & Hulick (AGH), told the council the firm issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on Merriam—s 2024 financial statements and reported no compliance findings specific to the CSLFRF expenditures.
The auditors told the council they found two material weaknesses and one significant deficiency in internal controls. "The first one relates to year-end reconciliations," Tharnish said, and the second "relates to system access rights" after a…
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