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Craig council accepts 2025 audit and approves advisers, planning and maintenance contracts
Summary
At its July 14 meeting the Craig City Council accepted the city's 2025 audit (clean opinions), hired Baker Tilly for municipal-adviser work for the Craig Sports Complex (not to exceed $35,000), awarded the Rail Station Area Plan to AECOM (CDOT-funded), and approved a $214,100 contract to rehab a wastewater clarifier.
The Craig City Council on July 14 accepted the city's 2025 financial audit and approved a set of consultant and construction contracts tied to parks, rail planning and wastewater maintenance.
Kevin Kimball of the Adams Group LLC presented the audit, telling the council, “Our opinion over the financial statements is an unmodified opinion,” and that the team issued two other reports: a disclosure of significant deficiencies in internal control (largely timing and financial-closing matters) and an unmodified opinion over compliance and controls for the city's EPA-funded major federal program. Finance Director Mindy Elliott characterized acceptance as a formality so the audit becomes a matter of public record; the council voted to accept the audit.
Separately, the council approved a municipal-adviser engagement for the Craig Sports Complex with Baker Tilly for a not-to-exceed amount of $35,000. Parks and recreation director Ryan Dennison described the work as phases 1 through 3 (financial assessment, financing strategy and ballot readiness). Brock Bauscher of Baker Tilly said the firm would “serve only in an advisory capacity.” Council approved the engagement by motion and voice vote.
The council also awarded planning work for a Craig Rail Station Area Plan to AECOM after a five-person review and selection panel recommended the firm. Public works director Danny Paul said AECOM will evaluate up to three possible station locations; Paul and staff said the study is funded entirely by CDOT and requires no local money.
On infrastructure maintenance, the council approved a low-bid award to WBS Coatings Inc. for rehabilitation of the wastewater-treatment-plant south clarifier at $214,100. Works, water and wastewater director Carl Ray described the work as recoating structural steel and repairing grout pads under I-beams.
Motion and vote details recorded in the meeting minutes: the audit acceptance motion was made by Councilman Tucker and seconded by Councilman Looper; the municipal-adviser contract was moved and seconded; the AECOM award and the WBS Coatings award likewise passed on voice votes. The meeting record shows unanimous "Aye" responses for these items; individual roll-call tallies were not read aloud on the record for each motion.
The council's fiscal year 2025 audit was described as a clean set of opinions overall, with recommended control improvements on closing and timing procedures. No findings were reported for the EPA-funded major federal program that was tested.
The council adjourned after concluding the listed business.
