Jackson City audit committee hears external auditors warn fund balance fell below policy and notes $3 million budget overrun

Unidentified Speaker 1 convened a special Jackson City Audit Committee meeting and invited public comment before the committee heard a detailed presentation from the city's external auditors on the 6/30/2024 financial statements.

A public commenter told the committee they had reviewed the audit report and related minutes and identified several errors in the published report, including incorrect officer listings on page 1 and an inaccurate component-unit address on page 29; the commenter also raised governance concerns about a 03/07/2023 ordinance that split the former budget-and-audit committee into separate budget and audit committees and questioned whether the audit committee's membership and election timing were being followed. "If you start on page 1 ... Johnny Dodd [is] listed as the secretary or as the vice mayor. He should be the treasurer," the commenter said. The chair said the committee would take those…