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Auditor issues clean opinion; town manager and finance director kick off 2026 budget process

5744976 · September 9, 2025
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Summary

McMahon & Associates presented a clean 2024 audit to the Carbondale trustees; auditors noted three corrected journal entries and recommended vendor-management and credit-card-review practices. Town staff outlined a timetable and priority list for the 2026 budget process.

Carbondale’s external auditor delivered a clean (unmodified) opinion on the town’s 2024 financial statements and staff used the meeting to begin the 2026 budget conversation.

Paul Bachus of McMahon & Associates told trustees the audit produced an independent auditor’s report with no disagreements and that the town’s financial statements are materially correct. He said the firm prepared 533 work papers and noted three correcting journal entries: closing the…

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