Council hears concerns about late audit; interim staff say audit delay due to turnover, then adjourn

During council comments near the end of the April 28 meeting, a council member said constituents were worried about the city's late annual audit and suggested the council consider a forensic audit in light of last year's abrupt city manager resignation and delayed knowledge of some large payments.

The interim city manager (or acting finance lead) responded that the audit is late due to staff turnover and the loss of institutional knowledge with the departure of the previous finance director, and said auditors have been working with the city and described the city's work as "excellent." The interim manager stated "in terms of anything being wrong in our audit, there's nothing wrong," and explained that the delay was largely a learning curve for new staff.

Following brief council comments, a motion to adjourn was moved, seconded, called by roll call and passed; the mayor declared the meeting adjourned.