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City auditor issues clean opinion, flags ARPA and bid findings; council members press for department-level budget details
Summary
External auditors presented Harahan’s 2024 financial-statement audit and issued an unmodified opinion, while reporting findings on ARPA budgeting, public-bid documentation and the Schedule of Federal Awards; auditors also required a restatement tied to new accounting guidance for accrued leave.
EisnerAmper presented the city’s 2024 financial-statement audit to the Harahan City Council and issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on the audited statements while reporting multiple findings and a restatement related to compensated absences.
Amanda Streepack, the signing partner on the engagement, told the council auditors completed the financial-statement audit in time for the legislative auditor and issued a clean opinion. The audit incorporated new government accounting guidance on compensated absences; auditors said recognizing that liability required a restatement to 2023 numbers. Streepack said the adjustment to prior-year figures totaled about $780,000 and explained auditors estimated accrued leave liabilities by averaging prior years’…
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