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Auditors give Decatur a clean opinion on FY2025 financial statements; one significant deficiency noted

Decatur City Commission
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External auditors issued a clean (unmodified) opinion on the City of Decatur’s FY2025 financial statements, while reporting a significant deficiency tied to a prior-year recording of $438,100 that should have been expensed, and a minor purchasing-card approval exception.

City officials and outside auditors told the Decatur City Commission on Jan. 20 that the city’s FY2025 financial statements earned an unmodified—or “clean”—opinion, while auditors flagged a significant deficiency tied to a prior-year capitalization error.

Russ Madison, the city’s finance director, opened the presentation by summarizing the ACFR and pointing to strong permit and construction activity, rising property values and a healthy general fund balance. He said the city’s retirement plan funded ratio rose to about 88.7% and that the city’s conservative revenue and aggressive expenditure…

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