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City audit: auditors expect unmodified opinion; ARPA and city hall purchase shape results
Summary
Aaron Calderon, audit manager with RSM, told the Des Moines City Council at its April 21 work session that auditors expect to issue an unmodified (clean) opinion on the city's fiscal 2024 financial statements, noting no audit adjustments and no material control weaknesses.
Aaron Calderon, audit manager with RSM, presented preliminary results of the City of Des Moines’ fiscal 2024 annual financial statement audit during the April 21 work session. The audit was not yet officially issued at the time of the presentation; Calderon said the firm expected to finalize and issue the report at the end of the week or early the next week.
Calderon told council members RSM expects to issue an unmodified opinion — commonly called a clean opinion — indicating the audited financial statements are, in his view, materially correct. "At this time, we expect to issue what is called an unmodified opinion. That's another term for a clean opinion," Calderon said.
Key audit highlights Calderon shared included:
- No audit adjustments: RSM recorded no audit adjustments to the financial statements and said the numbers management provided were consistent with what the…
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