Town auditor reports $25.5M in 2025 revenues; committee adopts corrective action plan

The township’s auditor presented the 2025 annual audit at the meeting, reporting $25.5 million in revenues and $24.8 million in expenditures for the year and outlining nine recommendations to strengthen internal controls.

During a 20‑plus minute presentation, the auditor said the township used $575,000 of fund balance in building the 2026 budget and reported a net increase in fund balance of roughly $152,000 for the year. The auditor highlighted repeated findings including segregation-of-duties weaknesses, large interfund balances, purchase-order controls (many purchase orders were entered after goods or services had been provided), missing authorization signatures, missing receipts for goods, and expenditures charged to incorrect budget lines.

Committee members discussed practical constraints, such as limited staff that make segregation of duties challenging. Staff said they will pursue administrative fixes including blanket purchase orders for recurring vendors and clearer signature lines on purchase orders to align with audit recommendations.

The committee voted to adopt the corrective action plan (resolution 7226) and to certify the audit (resolution 7326). The motions passed on recorded roll calls; staff were directed to implement the recommendations and report back on progress.

The auditor and staff emphasized several near-term tasks: completing outstanding reconciliations, addressing overexpenditures charged to reserves, improving purchase-order and receipt procedures, and reviewing older grant receivable balances.

The committee’s adoption of the audit certification and corrective action plan completes the formal governance steps required by the audit process; staff will return with status updates on implementation.