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Auditors give Butte–Silver Bow a clean FY2025 opinion but flag repeat control weaknesses
Summary
Newland & Company issued an unmodified opinion on Butte–Silver Bow's FY2025 financial statements, but auditors reported repeated internal-control deficiencies at small offices, problems reconciling immunization billings and a lapse in retainage on construction contracts; county staff proposed an $80,000 retainage threshold and other fixes.
Pat Burt, the lead auditor for Newland & Company, told the Butte–Silver Bow Council on March 18 that the independent audit of the county's fiscal year 2025 financial statements resulted in an unmodified (clean) opinion: “the financial statements … present fairly in all material respects,” Burt said.
The auditors also reported an unmodified opinion on the county’s schedule of federal awards but identified several repeat findings that require management attention. Burt listed significant deficiencies in internal control at smaller offices — including the parking commission, the Civic Center and the landfill — and an ongoing software issue that prevents the…
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