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Salinas auditors give "clean" opinion on 2025 ACFR; committee reviews finances but lacks quorum

Salinas Finance Committee · February 4, 2026
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Summary

City auditors issued an unmodified ("clean") opinion on Salinas's 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report; the Finance Committee reviewed key year-over-year changes, including recognition of about $21 million in ARPA funds, then adjourned after failing to reach a quorum.

Salinas Finance Director Selena Andrews brought the committee together February 3 to review the city's 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), and the city's external auditors issued an unmodified — commonly called "clean" — opinion on the statements.

"The item before you is the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, also referred to as the ACFR," Andrews said, describing the report as an accounting exercise that summarizes the city's prior fiscal year. Coley Delaney, engagement partner for the auditor, led a presentation of the report and highlighted new ACFR elements, required disclosures and key year-over-year changes.

Delaney told the committee the auditors "issued unmodified opinions" on all opinion units and that the financial…

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