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Hays County auditors issue clean opinion on FY2025 financial report; auditors recommend independent procurement review

Hays County Commissioners Court · March 24, 2026
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External auditors gave Hays County an unmodified (clean) opinion on the FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, highlighted a $5.6 million increase in fund balance and recommended an independent review step to strengthen procurement conflict‑of‑interest disclosures and bid tabulation controls.

Hays County’s independent auditors delivered a clean opinion on the county’s FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), the county auditor and audit partner told the Commissioners Court.

Jeremy Barbato, audit partner for ABIP, said the firm issued an unmodified opinion after auditing the county’s financial statements and single‑audit required for federal and state funding. He reported total assets of about $94.5 million, roughly $83 million in cash and cash equivalents, and an increase in the general‑fund balance of $5.6 million compared with the prior year. The county’s…

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