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Walker County audit shows $164M net position, flags recurring internal‑control issues
Summary
County auditor reviewed Walker County’s FY2025 government‑wide financial statements, reporting a $164 million net position and highlighting one‑time and accounting timing factors that drove higher public works and public safety expenses; auditors noted two significant internal‑control deficiencies and recommended procedural fixes.
Walker County officials heard a presentation of the FY2025 audited financial statements, which show a government‑wide net position of $164 million as of Sept. 30, 2025, and flagged recurring internal‑control weaknesses.
The county’s auditor told commissioners the $164 million figure reflects both governmental and business‑type activities and is broken into net investment in capital assets (about $120 million), restricted net position (about $14 million) and $28 million in unrestricted net position. "The county ended up with a total net position of 164 million," the auditor said.
The auditor said expenses exceeded revenues for the year, driven by several factors: heavy public‑works spending (including $14 million from T‑SPLOST), roughly $5 million in ARPA expenditures that were recognized during the year, higher public‑safety costs largely tied to a $5 million increase in pension liability after reopening the…
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