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Nebraska State Fair Board accepts clean 2025 audit, approves financial items
Summary
The Nebraska State Fair Board on April 17 accepted a clean 2025 financial statement audit, heard there were no internal-control deficiencies or compliance issues tied to awards like ARPA, and approved routine financial motions including March 2026 financials.
The Nebraska State Fair Board accepted the 2025 audit and approved routine financial motions at its April 17 meeting in Grand Island.
Chris Linder of Forvis Mazars presented the audit findings and said the financial statement audit produced an "unmodified" or "clean" opinion; he also reported no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in internal controls and no instances of noncompliance with award programs such as the ARPA grant. Board members asked no follow-up questions during the presentation.
Following the audit report, the board voted unanimously to approve the 2025 Financial and Single Audit and to ratify March 2026 financial statements. The consent agenda — which included the March 20 meeting minutes and ratification of prior actions — was also approved unanimously.
The board’s finance committee had reviewed the audit in detail earlier that day, and Chairman Boyd Strope thanked the audit team and staff for their work in completing the review. Executive Director Jaime Parr and AMGL consultant Joe Stump were specifically recognized for their roles in coordinating financial materials.
The board did not identify any additional audit-related follow-ups at the meeting; staff said routine financial oversight and grant-tracking work would continue as the year’s events and capital projects progress.
