Fairview auditors give town a clean opinion; council hears month-to-date revenue uptick

Claire Wootton, director for Weaver, presented the independent audit of the Town of Fairview’s financial statements for the year ended Sept. 30, 2024, to the Town Council on April 1, 2025. Weaver issued an unmodified ("clean") opinion on both the financial statements and the federal single audit, and reported no material weaknesses, no significant deficiencies, and no compliance findings for the federal awards the firm tested.

The audit firm identified Fairview as a high-risk auditee under Uniform Guidance only because the town had not had a single audit in each of the prior two fiscal years; Weaver said performing single audits for two consecutive years would move the town to low-risk status for future federal testing. Weaver tested the Economic Development Assistance Program as the major federal program and reported no findings. Claire Wootton said the firm performed the audit under…