City audit returns clean opinion; staff flags leverage and utility metrics

Apr 7, 2026

At a workshop presentation staff said the city received a clean FY25 audit, reported modest year-to-year drawdown in net position, improving utility fund cash position, and highlighted leverage metrics (debt ratio ~0.7, debt-to-valuation ~7.4%) with a recommendation to monitor debt and pursue state funding where feasible.

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Commerce — City staff presented the fiscal 2025 audit at an April 7 workshop and said the independent auditors issued a clean opinion, while advising the council to watch leverage and debt-service ratios as the city funds capital projects.

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