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Wesley Chapel selects auditor and renews several vendor contracts
Summary
Council unanimously selected S. Preston Douglas & Associates as its auditor for FY 2024‑25 and FY 2025‑26 and authorized the mayor to finalize contracts. The council also renewed flat‑rate contracts for Green Space, Alliance Code Enforcement and CS Springs and authorized the mayor to negotiate increases for Benchmark, the contract deputy and the urban forester.
The Village Council voted June 8 to select S. Preston Douglas & Associates (listed in the meeting as the lowest‑cost responsive bidder) to perform the FY 2024‑25 and FY 2025‑26 audits and authorized the mayor to execute the contract once terms are finalized.
Staff explained they received four responses to the audit RFP, compared base and supplemental costs, and checked references. One firm had substantially lower costs and experience with similarly small towns; the council moved to select that firm and to allow the mayor to sign a standard contract with scope for the two fiscal years. Council members emphasized the need to complete the missing FY2024‑25 audit and to establish a regular audit cadence going forward.
On contracts, staff presented several renewals due July 1. Council unanimously renewed flat contracts at existing rates for Green Space (grounds/landscaping), Alliance Code Enforcement (code enforcement support) and CS Springs (tree service). For service contracts that included price increases (Benchmark, the contract deputy and the Union County urban forester), council granted the mayor authority to negotiate final terms within budgeted amounts for FY 2026‑27.
Councilors said selecting a responsive auditor and putting contract authority in the mayor’s hands were steps toward stabilizing administrative operations ahead of the new fiscal year.
