City auditors issue clean FY2025 opinion; council hears fund‑balance and enterprise‑fund notes Independent auditors delivered a clean (unmodified) opinion on Columbus’ FY2025 financial statements and reported no audit findings; they highlighted a $26.2 million strategic use of general‑fund balance and flagged operating losses in several enterprise funds that will require monitoring.

Columbus receives a clean bill of financial health, but challenges lurk in enterprise funds that could impact the city's future!

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Finance director reports FY25 fund balance of about 87 days; council seeks more transparency Director Alexander briefed council on the FY25 reconciliation, reporting ~87.11 reserve days across funds after adjustments and describing $15.9M in expenditure amendments and about $20.9M in revenue adjustments; councilors asked for more detailed line-item follow-ups, SPLOST rollovers and monthly dashboards.

The city’s finance director revealed a fiscal year 2025 fund balance of approximately 87 reserve days, prompting council members to demand greater transparency and detailed breakdowns of expenditures.

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