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Mayor warns SB 18 51 could penalize municipalities that miss audits; says Gunter is compliant this year
Summary
At a Sept. 5 special meeting, the mayor summarized SB 18 51's complaint process and told the council Gunter will meet audit deadlines this year, while reviewing past audit problems and how staff corrected them.
The mayor opened a Sept. 5 special meeting by briefing the council on SB 18 51, describing it as a state measure that allows any person to submit a complaint to the attorney general asserting a municipality failed to file required audits or annual financial statements.
"The language itself is if the attorney general determines that a municipality has not had its records and accounts audited, and the annual financial statement prepared based on the audit as required has not been filed," the mayor said while walking through a bill analysis she had pulled. She told council members the city is not at risk this year because auditors have begun work and the audit will be filed on time. The mayor recounted the prior 2022-23 difficulties caused by an earlier council turnover and missing records, and said those issues were corrected by staff and auditors, with the most recent audit completed in July.
