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Fort Myers receives clean audit for FY2024; auditors report no material weaknesses
Summary
External auditors gave the City of Fort Myers an unmodified (clean) opinion on its FY2024 financial statements and reported no significant deficiencies or other noncompliance findings; auditors also completed single-audit testing of federal and state funds.
City auditors presented the annual comprehensive financial report for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2024, and reported a clean audit with no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses.
Thomas Garzone, senior manager with CBIZ (external auditors), told the council the independent auditors' report expresses an unmodified opinion that the city's financial statements "present fairly in all material respects" the city's financial position as of Sept. 30, 2024. Garzone also said auditors found no internal control deficiencies or noncompliance matters related to federal or state awards; the single-audit tests covered roughly $16.6 million in federal expenditures and $5.3 million in state financial assistance.
Garzone said the city resolved three prior-year audit findings during FY2024 and that the reports were issued earlier than the prior year. "We're happy to report that there were no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses reported for the fiscal year 2024," Garzone said. Council members congratulated the finance staff for the result and discussed timing for making the report available to the public and possible workshop review.
The council had no objections and accepted the presentation; Garzone offered to answer follow-up questions and noted the auditors stand ready to provide additional detail.
