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Finance committee warns of audit progress, adds positions in budget and restores transit payment to last year’s rate
Summary
Homewood finance staff told the committee it closed multiple pending audits and is adding positions in the 2025–26 budget; the committee directed staff to set payment to the Jefferson County Transit Authority at the city’s prior budgeted rate after months of changing contract figures.
Homewood finance officials on Sept. 22 briefed the finance committee on department staffing, recent audit closeouts and next year’s budget outlook, and the committee voted to restore transit funding to last year’s per‑unit rate after months of contested contract numbers with the Jefferson County Transit Authority (BJCTA).
Finance staff said the department entered the year with only three positions and multiple outstanding audits and that, during the past year, the team closed two single audits, addressed state examiners’ work and reduced risk by moving to new payroll and financial‑institution platforms. The budget proposal…
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