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Seabrook council debates scope of outside audit; staff says forensic audit not requested
Summary
Councilmembers discussed language on an agenda item labeled 'forensic audit' and staff clarified the city is undergoing its regular external audit and will issue an RFP for future auditors; no forensic audit was requested or approved at the meeting.
The Seabrook City Council spent substantial time on April 1 clarifying whether the agenda item requesting an audit of city finances sought an outside independent audit or a forensic audit. Councilmember Joe McCall said he requested an outside independent audit, not a forensic probe; staff and other council members described the difference.
A staff speaker explained that an outside independent audit is the city’s standard annual financial audit, noting the current engagement with an external firm (referred to in the meeting as CRO)…
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