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Selectmen hear audit delays; minutes corrected for tax refund totals
Summary
Assistant Finance Director Steve Brown told the board the FY 2025 audit is delayed because financial records were not entered and trial balances mismatch; the board corrected an earlier minutes error and approved tax refunds totaling $4,191.55.
At the Feb. 17 meeting Assistant Finance Director Steve Brown told the Board of Selectmen the external audit is taking longer than expected because FY 2025 data was never entered into the system and auditors require re-created documents to reconcile mismatched trial balance numbers. Brown suggested asking auditors whether they saw anything suspicious; Selectman Savino questioned the need for a forensic audit.
Later in the meeting Selectman Mark Whitten moved to correct a prior misstatement in the Feb. 3 minutes about tax refunds and to approve a current-year refund of $4,141.55 and a prior-year refund of $50.00 for a combined total of $4,191.55. Selectman Savino seconded and the motion carried. The minutes had previously reported a larger total in error; the board instructed that the Feb. 3 minutes be adjusted to reflect the corrected refund amounts.
No formal decision to pursue a forensic audit was recorded; board members agreed to ask the auditors if they observed anything suspicious in the financial review.
