White House council approves clean FY2024 audit, IT services pact and new neighborhood services post; tables Dews Drive item

The White House City Council on Feb. 25 approved a clean audit for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2024, approved an interlocal agreement with the City of Tyler for computer support services, contracted for strategic planning and elevated-storage-tank engineering, authorized an interim building‑inspections contract, and voted to add a separate neighborhood services officer position to the budget. The council also voted to table consideration of a drainage issue on Dews Drive until next month.

The audit matters drew the meeting's longest presentation. An auditor from Gollum, Morgan & Petty told the council the firm issued an unmodified — or “clean” — opinion on the city’s financial statements for the year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The auditor said the firm found no disagreements with management and no reportable compliance findings related to federal American Rescue Plan Act spending. “In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects,” the auditor said during the presentation.

Why it matters: the audit confirms the city’s basic financial controls and documents federal compliance work tied to ARPA spending. Council members and staff noted the city completed a large, planned land purchase (about $895,000) during the year and that the audit included a required single-audit review because federal expenditures exceeded the single-audit threshold for fiscal 2024.

On IT services, the council approved…