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External auditor: Stafford’s 2023–24 audit nearly complete; finding expected for missed federal filing
Summary
Patillo, Brown and Hill told the Stafford City Council on Sept. 3 that fieldwork on the city's 2023'24 audit is finished, a final report is expected in coming weeks and the audit will include a compliance finding for a missed federal data-collection filing; the firm said the issue does not appear to be a material weakness.
Chris Pruitt, an audit partner with Patillo, Brown and Hill, told the Stafford City Council on Sept. 3 that the firm has finished fieldwork on the city's fiscal 2023'24 audit and is in production and review. "I have been told by my manager that I will be getting a complete product on Monday," Pruitt said. He told council members he expected the final audited report to be available to the city in time for an early-October presentation to council.
The auditor said the review will include at least one required finding related to federal grant compliance. "You will have one for sure in regards to compliance with grants," Pruitt said, referencing a federal requirement to file a data-collection form with the federal clearinghouse (OMB) nine months after the fiscal year end. The city's fiscal year ended Sept. 30, making the June 30 filing deadline already missed. Pruitt said the grant-related finding results from that missed filing; he added that, other than that, he…
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