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City auditor gives Port Arthur a clean 2024 opinion, flags lingering material weakness in financial reporting
Summary
Patillo, Brown & Hill LLP presented a clean (unmodified) audit opinion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024, but reported a material weakness tied to corrected financial statement errors and untimely reconciliations; federal awards expenditures totaled roughly $30.68 million in 2024.
Cameron Aaron of audit firm Patillo, Brown & Hill LLP told the Port Arthur City Council on July 15 that the firm issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on the city’s 2024 financial statements, the highest level of assurance an external auditor provides.
Aaron said the audit covered governmental activities, business‑type activities and major funds for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2024. The auditors also completed a single audit of federal awards after the city exceeded the $750,000 federal‑awards threshold; the schedule of federal expenditures for…
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