By BARBARA GREEN
The Bowie City Council accepted its 2016-2017 outside audit report Tuesday night and despite accounting adjustments that delayed the audit by several months the city’s finances are strong and in order.
Valerie Halverson of MWH Group, Wichita Falls, presented the audit report going through the highlights of the unmodified opinion.
Last September the council directed the city staff to solicit for audit services as they wanted to “get new eyes” on the financial operation. The Altman Group has prepared the audit the last three years and prior to that time, MWH, formerly Mathis, West, Huffines, prepared the audit.
The city sent out nine letters seeking an audit proposal and received only one proposal from MWH, along with a one-year option from Altman. Councilors went with MWH.
Halverson told the council she worked on the city’s audit in previous years so she was familiar with the operations. She said this year’s audit was challenging requiring a lot of adjustments to get good beginning numbers in some areas.

Read the full story and highlights of the audit in the weekend News.