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Brown Edwards gives New Kent County a clean FY 2025 audit; management letter notes sheriff’s-department control item
Summary
County auditors issued a clean opinion on New Kent’s FY 2025 financial statements and reported no state compliance findings; the management letter includes a previously reported control comment related to the sheriff’s department.
NEW KENT, Va. — New Kent County received a clean audit opinion for its FY 2025 financial statements, an independent auditor told the Board of Supervisors at its Dec. 8 meeting.
Addison Roeschle, a senior associate with Brown Edwards, summarized the annual comprehensive financial report and said the auditors issued a clean opinion on the financial statements and found no material misstatements. The audit also produced no state or compliance findings, and auditors reported no difficulties in working with county management.
Roeschle explained the audit process, noting distinctions between the audited financial statements and other supplementary information such as pension and OPEB tables, which are reviewed but not audited to the same extent. He said the communications to management will describe areas of estimate and a small number of journal entries typically handled in audit cycles.
The management letter includes one comment related to internal controls involving the sheriff’s department; Roeschle said the issue had been communicated earlier and that current deliverables describe its status. "There's also 1 comment relating to some controls over the sheriff department," he said, adding that the comments have been discussed previously with county staff and that many prior-year comments have been addressed.
Board members thanked the finance team and county staff for a smooth audit cycle. The presentation prompted no formal board action beyond acknowledgement and thanks.
