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Montgomery County auditor gives clean opinion; federal testing remains pending

Montgomery County Board of Supervisors · January 13, 2026
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County auditor told the board the FY2025 audit received an unmodified (clean) opinion, but federal award testing is incomplete because the federal compliance supplement was delayed; staff and the auditor said they will finish federal testing imminently and publish a single printed report.

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 12 heard an annual comprehensive financial report from auditor John Aldridge of Brown Edwards and Company, who said the county received an unmodified, or clean, audit opinion for fiscal year 2025 while noting one outstanding item: federal award testing.

Aldridge told the board that "the audit is finished except for 1 piece" — the federal expenditures portion — because "the federal government ... went on a shutdown for a little while" and the required compliance supplement was delayed. He said that once the guidance was issued in December, the auditors would complete federal…

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