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Queen Creek council appoints vice mayor, accepts clean audit report
Summary
Council unanimously appointed Leah Martineau as vice mayor and unanimously accepted the town’s fiscal 2023–24 financial statements and auditor’s clean opinion.
The Town Council unanimously approved two formal items during its Jan. 14 session: the appointment of Leah Martineau as vice mayor for the one‑year term and acceptance of the town’s fiscal year 2023–24 financial statements and audit reports.
Mayor Wheatley recommended the council appoint Councilmember Leah Martineau as vice mayor for a one‑year term (January 2025 through January 2026). The mayor made the motion, which was seconded from the dais; council voted and the motion passed unanimously.
Later in the meeting, Deputy Town Manager and CFO Scott McCarty introduced representatives of CliftonLarsonAllen, who presented the annual audit. Auditor Jean (CliftonLarsonAllen) reported a clean (unmodified) opinion on the town’s financial statements, no material weaknesses or significant internal‑control deficiencies, and no findings in the single‑audit testing of major federal programs. The audit also noted the implementation of GASB standards related to compensated absences and documented certain audit adjustments; auditors said none of the adjustments were material to the financial statements as a whole.
Councilmember Robin Benning moved to adopt the resolution accepting the fiscal year 2023–24 financial statements and audit reports (packet resolution number 1625‑25); Vice Mayor Martineau seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
The audit presentation highlighted operating and balance‑sheet results: operating revenues of roughly $165 million and operating expenditures of about $150 million, producing a general fund balance of roughly $153 million at June 30, 2024. Town staff reported approximately $1 billion in capital assets in service and discussed recent debt activity, including the use of restricted funds to defease roughly $20 million of debt and the issuance of interim financing to support near‑term infrastructure requirements. Council accepted the audit and related reports by unanimous vote.
Votes at a glance
- Vice mayor appointment — Motion: appoint Leah Martineau as vice mayor for the term ending January 2026; mover: Mayor Wheatley; second: Councilmember Jeff Brown; outcome: approved unanimously.
- Audit acceptance — Motion: adopt resolution accepting fiscal year 2023–24 financial statements and audit reports (resolution 1625‑25); mover: Councilmember Robin Benning; second: Vice Mayor Leah Martineau; outcome: approved unanimously.
No roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript; the clerk announced the motions passed unanimously.
