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Bexar County receives clean audit but auditors flag compliance gaps in grant reporting and procurement
Summary
External auditors gave Bexar County an unmodified (clean) opinion for FY2025 but reported two significant deficiencies: missing documentation for timely grant reporting and inadequate sole-source procurement documentation for a $249,500 purchase. The court accepted the audit and discussed corrective actions.
County Auditor Leo Caldera (speaker 41) opened the audit presentation by reporting that CliftonLarsonAllen issued an unmodified opinion on the county's FY2025 financial statements and that the county's ACFR remains accurate.
"We received an unmodified opinion, or better known as a clean audit," Caldera said. External auditor Joel Perez (speaker 42) then explained two compliance findings that relate to state single-audit testing: (1) auditors could not verify timeliness documentation for selected quarterly reports under the managed assigned counsel and mental-health managed assigned counsel grants, and (2) the county lacked required documentation to support a sole-source procurement for roughly $249,500 used by the sheriff's office. Perez and Caldera characterized both as significant deficiencies below the material-weakness threshold and said neither triggered questioned costs or required remittance to grantors.
Commissioners pressed staff on consequences and corrective steps; staff and department leads said they have implemented additional controls, calendaring and copy-to-grants procedures to prevent recurrence. After discussion, Commissioner Rodriguez moved to accept the audit report and governance letter, and the court voted to accept the ACFR and the auditors' governance letter.
