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File #: 26-0037    Version: 1
Type: Gen. Bus. - Staff Report Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 1/20/2026 Final action:
Title: Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (No Budget Impact) (Finance Director Bretthauer). (Estimated Time: 30 Mins.) RECEIVE AND FILE
Attachments: 1. Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Comprehensive Finance Report (ACFR), 2. Report on Internal Controls, 3. Management Letter, 4. Audit Communication Letter, 5. PowerPoint Presenttion
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TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Talyn Mirzakhanian, City Manager

FROM:
Libby Bretthauer, Finance Director
Julie Bondarchuk, Financial Controller

SUBJECT:Title
Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (No Budget Impact) (Finance Director Bretthauer).
(Estimated Time: 30 Mins.)
RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and file this report.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no fiscal implications associated with the recommended action. The results of fiscal year (FY) 2024-2025 are summarized below and are included in the attached Annual Comprehensive Finance Report (ACFR).

BACKGROUND:
The City's financial policies require an annual audit performed by an external auditor. An audit is also required to obtain the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) and is oftentimes a requirement for grants or federal awards. This year, the annual audit consists of the interim audit (May 2025) and the final audit (September/October 2025). During these audits, the external auditors prepare audit working papers in compliance with the General Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). These working papers document the information gathered during an audit and provide evidence that sufficient information was obtained by the auditor to support the audit opinion.

The audit results and the FY 2024-2025 ACFR financial statements were presented and discussed with the Finance Subcommittee at the December 18, 2025, meeting.

The audit firm of Lance, Soll and Lunghard (LSL) issued the City an unmodified opinion on the FY 2024-2025 financial statements, which are prepared in all material respects and complying with governmental accounting practice. The opinion is issued once auditors obtain sufficient and appropriate audit evidence t...

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