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Auditor: Brooksville CRA receives unmodified opinion for year ending Sept. 30, 2024
Summary
An external auditor told the Brooksville Community Redevelopment Agency that CLA issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on the CRA's financial statements for the year ended Sept. 30, 2024, and reported no CRA-specific internal control weaknesses; the board voted to accept the audit.
Julie Fowler, an auditor with CLA, reported to the Community Redevelopment Agency on the firm's audit for the year ended Sept. 30, 2024, saying the firm issued an unmodified opinion on the CRA's financial statements.
"We haven't issued an unmodified, or you might think of it as a clean audit opinion on the financial statements," Fowler said, and added that CLA found the CRA to be in compliance with applicable Florida statutes governing investment of public funds and with CRA-specific statutes. She also said CLA issued a separate management letter and a report on internal controls required by the Florida Auditor General and that the firm did not note any CRA-specific internal control weaknesses.
The audit presentation covered the scope (financial-statement opinion under generally accepted accounting principles and a compliance review under the Florida Auditor General's supplement). Fowler advised the board to read the full audit document and to use the financial statements as summarized information rather than the complete record for decision-making.
After the presentation, a board member moved to accept the audit as presented; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote.
The board did not receive public questions on the audit during the meeting. CLA offered to answer follow-up questions by the governing body and noted it had no difficulties working with management and no disagreements about accounting matters.
The next step is that the board has formally accepted the audit into the record; CLA and staff said the full written audit, management letter and compliance reports are available for review.
