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Hoover CFO reports payroll fixes, policy drafts and a preliminary general-fund surplus
Summary
At a Hoover City Council meeting, Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Cornett updated the council on Munis payroll fixes, recent hires in finance, drafted financial policies and preliminary, unaudited FY2024 results showing a multiyear general-fund surplus likely in the low‑$9 million range.
Jennifer Cornett, Hoover’s chief financial officer, told the City Council that the finance department has closed several legacy issues, added staff and prepared policy drafts while presenting unaudited fiscal year 2024 results that show more revenue than budgeted.
Cornett gave a quarterly “action and response” update and walked the council through outstanding items from an internal review. She said the department has hired two new managers — Amber Salter as payroll manager and Brad Nestor as general ledger manager — and is onboarding a revenue auditor and an accounts payable specialist. Cornett said she will bring a request in May for an additional financial analyst and expects to increase finance headcount by five across divisions by the end of the quarter.
Cornett told the council that the city completed year‑end reconciliations for fiscal…
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