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Audit committee flags findings; budget staff notes property-tax shortfall
Summary
The county audit committee reviewed 2024 audit findings and required corrective actions; budget staff reported property-tax collections running about $91,000 below last year.
The Trussville County audit committee reported on 2024 audit findings from the state comptroller and the county’s corrective actions during Friday’s meeting.
Miss Beverly Atwood, reporting for the audit committee, summarized group findings flagged by the comptroller: certain bank collections were not recorded within three days, the sewer utility department had purchase-order documentation issues, and the school federal projects account showed a cash overdraft of $21,006 as of June 30, 2024. The committee said corrective action plans have been put in place. The audit committee recommended that the water and sewer utility increase internal monitoring and report quarterly on progress addressing the findings.
Separately, budget staff reported the county’s property-tax revenue is running below last year’s receipts; the director’s office indicated the county was roughly $91,000 behind last year’s collections at the time of the report. Committee members said there were no budget amendments on the agenda at this meeting.
The audit committee asked departments with findings to report back on corrective steps; staff agreed to the quarterly reporting schedule for water and sewer. No new budget appropriations were approved at the meeting.
