Moab audit committee recommends council accept city's clean audit, flags minor coding and budget issues

Mar 5, 2026

The Moab City Audit Committee voted March 5 to recommend the City Council accept the draft annual audit, which gave the city an unmodified (clean) opinion while noting a minor cash-disbursement coding weakness and budget omissions of depreciation later addressed by journal entries and a budget amendment.

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On March 5, 2026, the Moab City Audit Committee voted to recommend that the City Council accept the city's Draft Annual Audit and accompanying management letter after auditors issued an unmodified (clean) opinion on the financial statements. Ron Stewart of Gilbert & Stewart presented the audit findings, stating, "The auditors confirmed that the city's financial statements are materially correct, meet accounting standards, and received an unmodified (clean) opinion, the highest rating." The committee's review followed a brief approval of the January 22, 2025 regular minutes.

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