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City audit finds clean opinion; single federal grant finding noted
Summary
An outside auditor presented the City of Jackson’s FY2025 audit, reporting an unmodified (clean) opinion on the financial statements and no material weaknesses in federal awards testing; a single finding on an EPA grant involved pre‑award costs that city staff say have been addressed.
An auditor from Raymond LLC told the Jackson City Council on Jan. 13 that the city's fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, received an unmodified—or "clean"—opinion and that the financial statement processes were reliable.
"We issued an unmodified or a clean opinion," the auditor said during a presentation of the annual comprehensive financial report. The auditor also said the city continues to pursue the Government Finance Officers Association certificate for excellence in financial reporting.
On federal awards and grant compliance, Raymond LLC reported no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control testing. The auditor identified one finding tied to a congressionally mandated EPA grant: certain program costs were incurred before the grant period of performance and therefore were initially not allowable. The auditor said that staff worked to replace questioned costs with later, allowable costs and that the issue appears to be resolved for the current year, but will be followed up in next year's audit.
The auditor also noted the city is required to have a "single audit" because it expends more than the federal threshold on award programs and directed council members to a summary page in the report for program‑level results.
Council members thanked city staff for preparing the comprehensive report and asked no additional questions following the presentation.
