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Chickasha council accepts FY2024 audit with three written comments, staff plans fixes
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Summary
City auditors told council the FY2024 audit is in order but included three written comments on cash reconciliations, EMS billing receivables and a late federal reporting submission; council voted to accept and ratify the audit and staff outlined steps to address the findings.
Chickasha — The City Council ratified the fiscal year 2024 financial audit after a brief presentation by CPA Andy Kroner, who highlighted three written comments that city staff are working to correct.
Kroner, a shareholder with HSPG and Associates, told the council the audit opinion supports the city’s financial statements but identified an internal-control comment related to timely and accurate bank reconciliations, a compliance/control comment tied to ambulance third‑party billing and outstanding receivables when providers are switched, and a federal-reporting comment noting the 2024 single-audit report was not submitted within the nine‑month deadline.
The auditor said the federal report requirement applies because the city spent more than $750,000 in federal awards in 2024 and that staff had already discussed corrective plans. He described practical steps the city can take to preserve receivables during billing‑vendor transitions and said city leaders made progress this year, getting the audit on a faster schedule than in past years.
Why it matters: The comments, while not changing the audit opinion, point to control and reporting processes that affect grant compliance and the city’s ability to document federal award expenditures. Council members thanked staff for the progress and emphasized the need to complete reconciliations and document vendor-transition plans.
Council action and next steps: Council moved to accept and ratify the FY2024 audit; the motion passed by roll call. Staff said they will implement the auditor’s recommendations, improve bank‑reconciliation timeliness, ensure a process for working legacy EMS receivables when vendors change, and submit the federal packages for 2025 on an accelerated timeline.
No further public testimony was offered, and the council moved on to later agenda items.
