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City auditor gives Lynn Haven a clean opinion, explains ARPA use for payroll
Summary
At a Lynn Haven City Commission workshop (date not specified), the city's external auditor reported an unmodified (clean) opinion on the financial statements, noted a drop in audit adjustments (18 to 2), reviewed fund balances and $31.5 million in outstanding debt, and explained that ARPA funds were used under the federal standard allowance to replace payroll.
Brennan McKittrick, a partner with James Moore and Company, told the Lynn Haven City Commission at a workshop that the firm issued an unmodified, or "clean," opinion on the city's financial statements and found no single-audit or CRA findings.
"We do have what's called an unmodified opinion or a clean opinion," McKittrick said, explaining that the audit package also includes single-audit reporting because grant expenditures exceeded federal and state thresholds.
The audit report highlighted measurable improvements in the city's internal controls. McKittrick said audit adjustments decreased markedly from 18 last year to two this year; the prior-year material weakness was downgraded to a…
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