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Haywood County audit issues clean opinion; FEMA capital projects fund overspent $3.6 million due to invoice timing
Summary
Independent auditors gave Haywood County an unmodified ("clean") opinion on its FY2025 financial statements and on federal and state grant compliance, but reported one instance of reportable noncompliance: the FEMA capital projects fund was overspent by $3.6 million because of invoice timing related to debris cleanup.
Independent auditors told the Haywood County Board of Commissioners on March 2 that the county's FY2025 financial statements are fairly stated and its federal and state grant expenditures complied with requirements, while flagging a single timing-related budget overage.
"We issued an unmodified opinion on the county's financial statements," said Travis Keever, principal at Gould Killian CPA Group, summarizing the audit at the county's regular meeting. Keever said the firm also issued an unmodified opinion on compliance for audited federal and state programs and found no material weaknesses in internal…
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