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Finance committee extends Baker Tilly audit contract for 2025–26 to cover ARPA and single audits
Summary
Waukesha’s finance committee approved a two-year extension with Baker Tilly LLP for audit years 2025 and 2026 to ensure continuity through ARPA closeout and anticipated single-audit testing; the finance director estimated single-audit fees of about $4,500 per program.
The Waukesha City Finance Committee on Jan. 27 approved a two-year extension of the city’s audit contract with Baker Tilly LLP to cover audit years 2025 and 2026, a move the finance director said would provide continuity through forthcoming single-audit work and the ARPA spending deadline.
Joe Shiro, finance director, said the existing contract covered 2022–2024 audit years and that a two-year quote was requested because the city expects single-audit testing tied to federal and state programs. Shiro said the fee for single-audit testing is “about $4,500 per program” and that the transit utility likely will have two federal programs tested; he also cited potential testing related to water/wastewater loan activity. Shiro said ARPA funding must be spent by 2026, which he described as a primary reason for keeping the same audit team through that work.
Shiro said the city has a long-standing relationship with Baker Tilly and that the same partners have been available and responsive; he recommended issuing an RFP after the two-year period. The chair moved to approve a two-year extension with Baker Tilly as presented; Alderson Helbing Slavin seconded. The committee approved the extension by voice vote; the transcript does not record a roll-call tally.
The extension keeps Baker Tilly on the city’s audit engagement through the ARPA closeout and anticipated single-audit testing, after which the city plans to pursue an RFP process.
