City Council approves Kimball and Roberts as city auditor

At a special City Council meeting Aug. 19, the City Council voted to award the city's external audit contract to accounting firm Kimball and Roberts following a staff review of three proposals.

City Manager Dan Justin told the council staff received bids from three firms: Hint and Burdick (the city's incumbent auditor, per staff), Kimball and Roberts (based in Richfield and also working in Cedar City), and Larson (based in Spanish Fork). Justin said the recorder, the treasurer and he evaluated all bids on a predetermined scoring matrix and that Kimball and Roberts submitted both the lowest bid and the highest score on the evaluation. Based on that review, staff recommended awarding the contract to Kimball and Roberts; the council approved the recommendation by voice vote.

The formal motion to award the bid to Kimball and Roberts was moved by a council member and seconded by another council member; the mayor called for a voice vote and said the motion carried. The meeting record did not include a roll-call vote, dollar amounts for the contract, or the proposed contract term.

Discussion at the meeting was brief and limited to the staff presentation of the procurement results and recommendation. No public comments, legal citations, contract details, or conditions for approval were presented during the meeting. After approving the audit contract, the council made a motion to adjourn and the meeting ended.

Because the council did not announce a contract length, fee schedule, or start date on the record, those details were not specified in the meeting transcript.