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External auditor issues clean opinion on Garland's 2024 financial statements; single-audit flags questioned housing voucher costs
Summary
Weaver reported an unmodified opinion on Garland's Sept. 30, 2024, financial statements at the March 25 Audit Committee meeting and identified questioned costs in the Housing Choice Voucher program totaling about $65,000 over multiple years (about $11,000 in FY2024).
Weaver LLP gave Garland an unmodified ("clean") opinion on the city's financial statements for the year ended Sept. 30, 2024, the city's external audit partner told the Audit Committee at its March 25 meeting. Auditor Sarah Dempsey said the firm identified no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the city's financial reporting.
The opinion covers both the government-wide financial statements and the three major federal programs Weaver tested as part of the single audit: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), the Housing Choice Voucher program, and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Dempsey told the committee those three programs comprised about 91% of Garland's federal expenditures for the audit period. "We had an unmodified opinion on your financial statements, with no material weaknesses identified and no significant deficiencies," Dempsey said.
The single-audit testing…
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