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External auditor gives Jonesborough a clean opinion for fiscal 2023–24; single audit finds no federal compliance issues
Summary
The town’s auditor reported an unmodified (clean) opinion, timely submission, and a single financial‑statement finding tied to expenditures exceeding budget due to late invoices; federal grant compliance testing found no findings.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen heard the Blackburn audit presentation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, which reported a clean (unmodified) opinion and timely state filing.
Siena Rambo of Blackburn, Shoulders and Steagall told the board the audit report was issued Dec. 18, 2024, and submitted to the state before the Dec. 31 deadline. “We issued the report on December 18, 2024 and it was submitted to the state before the December 31st deadline,” Rambo said, adding the firm again issued an unmodified opinion.
Rambo noted that federal grant expenditures exceeded $750,000, triggering a single-audit review. She said the firm performed the required testing and found no findings related to federal grants. The audit did identify one financial‑statement finding: certain expenditures exceeded budget limits, attributable to invoices received after year-end and after a budget amendment had been approved. Rambo said town accounting records required few audit adjustments and credited town staff—specifically Janet—for maintaining timely records.
Board members praised staff and the auditor for a smooth process and the town’s financial recordkeeping. There was no formal ordinance or statutory citation read into the record beyond the reporting that the single‑audit threshold had been met and that state filing deadlines were satisfied.
No formal action to adopt or modify policy was recorded during the audit presentation; the meeting record shows discussion and acknowledgment of the report.
