File #: 25-2575    Name:
Type: Written Report Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 10/31/2024 In control: City Council Legislative Meeting
On agenda: 12/10/2024 Final action:
Title: Receipt of the Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
Attachments: 1. 25-2575_Attachment 1 - FY 2024 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR)
City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM

DATE: DECEMBER 4, 2024

TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER

FROM: KENDEL TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

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Receipt of the Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
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ISSUE: Consideration is requested of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.

RECOMMENDATION: That City Council receive the Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (Attachment).

DISCUSSION: Code of Virginia ?15.2-2511 requires all local governments to have their accounting books and records audited by an independent certified public accountant as of June 30 of each year. The Code further requires that the independent certified public accountant present a written report to the local governing body at a public session by the following December 31.

The City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR)1 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, is in the final stages of completion and will be posted on the City's website. This report, which follows a format prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), includes a description of the significant financial events of the fiscal year, the City's audited financial statements, and selected financial and demographic information. The City's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report is in its final stages of review and completion with the auditors. There may be immaterial changes to the final numbers reflected in this memorandum.

The following are highlights of the report:

The City expects to again receive a positive "clean opinion" from its independent certified public accountant firm, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, of its financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. The auditors are in the final stages of review and the City expects to receive ...

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