Audit committee sets 2026 meeting calendar; moves audit review earlier to meet commission deadlines

The Grand County Internal Audit Committee set its 2026 calendar during the Dec. 5 meeting and moved the committee’s primary audit review earlier in the spring so the county commission can consider the audit on its June agenda.

Members agreed to five meetings in 2026: Jan. 9 (a special meeting to meet component units and the external auditor), March 20, May 29 (to review final draft audit materials before the county commission meeting), Sept. 18 and Dec. 4. Committee members discussed keeping Friday meetings but noted scheduling conflicts and the need to coordinate with other boards. Karen, the audit consultant, framed the timing in audit practice terms: “Ideally, you want your audit issued by June 30,” she said, adding that the audit committee should see a final draft in early June or the week prior so there is time for any edits.

The committee directed staff to ask Ritchie May for target field-work and draft dates so the May 29 audit-committee meeting can be meaningful, and to set the Jan. 9 outreach meeting invitation for component-unit representatives and the external auditor.