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Independence accepts FY 2023–24 audited financials; auditors issue clean opinion but flag budget presentation issues

5807795 · April 8, 2025
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Auditors delivered a clean opinion on the city’s FY2023–24 financial statements but identified minimum-standards findings on budget presentation, contingency classifications and appropriation-category overages; council accepted the report and directed staff to address findings.

The Independence City Council accepted the city’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, after a presentation by Finance Director Rob Williams and auditors from Aldridge. The city received a clean (unmodified) opinion from the auditors, who also reported several compliance and presentation findings required by state minimum standards.

Rob Williams, the city’s finance director, walked council members through the structure of the report and encouraged readers to review the management’s…

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