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McDowell County commissioners accept FY25 audit, approve hazard mitigation plan update and accept administrative grants
Summary
The board received an unmodified FY25 audit, voted to approve the audit report, approved a regional hazard mitigation plan update required by FEMA, and approved administrative items including a $100,000 MCDEQ grant for regional partnership work; the board also briefly entered closed session before adjourning.
At its meeting, the McDowell County Board of Commissioners heard an FY25 audit presentation from a representative of Thompson, Price, Scott Adams and Company and approved the audit report.
The auditor reported an unmodified opinion on the financial statements and highlighted several favorable metrics: a general fund balance of about $34 million, a fund balance available percentage of 36.52% and a property tax collection rate of about 99.55%. The auditor noted a few technical findings related to Medicaid and subscription-based IT agreements but described no uncorrected misstatements or disagreements with management.
Commissioner (speaker 5) moved to approve the FY25 audit report; the motion was seconded and the board voted in favor (the transcript records the affirmative voice vote but does not provide a roll-call tally by name).
The board then approved an update to the regional Toll River Hazard Mitigation Plan, which county staff said is required by FEMA and the state and is typically developed in partnership with neighboring counties; the motion to approve the plan was moved and seconded and carried.
Administrative items approved included a project budget ordinance update for the HUD HOME Consortium (work done regionally with Foothills Regional Commission) and a resolution authorizing receipt and expenditure of a $100,000 MCDEQ grant to support town and city regionalization partnership opportunities.
The board moved into closed session citing the statutory language read into the record, returned to open session after the closed session motion and adjourned the meeting. The transcript does not record substantive action taken during closed session nor any additional formal votes before adjournment.
