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Davis staff cite staffing turnover for delayed FY2022 audit; commissioners press on findings and timeline
Summary
Commissioners pressed city staff about why audited FY2022 financial statements and the single audit were delivered in 2025; staff blamed staffing turnover and set a catch-up schedule aiming to complete through FY2025 by July 2026 while acknowledging a long list of audit findings being addressed.
At the start of the meeting the Davis Fiscal Commission pulled item 5a — the fiscal-year 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and single audit — and questioned staff about the significant delay between the fiscal year end and delivery of audited statements.
Commissioner Kevin Harper asked why the FY2022 audited financial statements are being delivered in 2025. Kelly Sackowitz, assistant city manager, said the city "got behind" due to staffing changes and bandwidth issues and that staff are working with a contract auditor and additional consulting help to catch up. Sackowitz said the city aims to complete work through FY2025 by about July 2026.
Harper also asked about the audit's findings. He said the 2022 audit reported roughly 20 findings and asked whether that volume had operational significance. Sackowitz said some findings had already been corrected but other items remained because reports and procedures were late; staff are implementing new procedures and working through a long list of corrections with the auditor team.
On whether grants had been withheld, Sackowitz said there were "not" grantors withholding funds at the moment but acknowledged the risk could exist if communication with granting agencies deteriorated; staff said they have been communicating with grantors.
Commissioners requested continued follow-up on the catch-up schedule and expressed interest in seeing whether the number of findings declines for subsequent years once audits are completed.
