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Chief Examiner says audit completions rose to 812 and outlines municipal compliance push
Summary
At a Feb. 12 meeting of the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts, Chief Examiner Rachel Riddle said statutory audit completions rose to 812 by the end of FY25, described steps to increase municipal compliance and enforcement, and announced a public audit database and staff dedicated to municipal audits.
Chief Examiner Rachel Riddle told the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts on Feb. 12, 2026, that her office has rebuilt audit capacity and is seeing measurable progress in statutory audit completions.
Riddle said the office began with 128 examiners in 2018 and, through hiring and process efficiencies, has increased capacity and training. "We're actually seeing this happen," she said, citing audit progress that she summarized as rising to 812 completed statutory audits by the end of fiscal year 2025.
Why it matters: Municipal audit compliance affects transparency and public accountability for roughly 472 municipalities the examiner's office tracks. Riddle said the…
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