2025 City Audit
Summary
PKF O'Connor Davies would continue as the city's auditor for 2025 at $101,000. Councilmembers questioned the lack of competitive bidding and want an RFP next year; the audit partner will present findings to the council when the audit wraps in June — and the city has had no audit findings in years.
At a glance
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Last discussed Aug 6, 2026.
Impact analysis
$101,000 for the fiscal year 2025 audit.
Taxpayers get independent assurance the city's books are clean.
Everyone if lofty revenue estimates keep masking structural deficits.
Mentions & discussions (5)
City Council - Aug 6, 2026
The outside auditors found eight problems, including 167 outstanding-check discrepancies and weak software controls. Finance has fixes underway with most due by December 31, 2026.
City Council - Jul 13, 2026
Councilmember Zorrilla flagged internal control issues from the recent audit, revenue overestimates of about $6 million, and warned the city's 10-year financial trajectory isn't sustainable.
City Council - Jul 9, 2026
The city got a clean 2025 audit, but findings keep repeating — segregation-of-duties gaps, a credit card account outside the general ledger, backdated transactions, and 167 uncashed checks totaling $97,000. Councilmembers want a corrective action plan, arguing weak controls open the door to fraud and the same issues have now surfaced multiple years running.
City Council - Mar 23, 2026
The council was set to hire PKF O'Connor Davies for $101,000 to audit the city's 2025 finances — an independent check on how taxpayer money was handled.
City Council - Mar 19, 2026
PKF O'Connor Davies would continue as the city's auditor for 2025 at $101,000. Councilmembers questioned the lack of competitive bidding and want an RFP next year; the audit partner will present findings to the council when the audit wraps in June — and the city has had no audit findings in years.
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