By Taylor Boyd
The Stuart Town Council received a largely clean audit report for fiscal year 2025 during its May 20 meeting, with the only qualification related to accounting procedures involving the Stuart Volunteer Fire Department fund.
Scott Wickham, CPA and certified fraud examiner with Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates, presented the town’s annual audit findings.
“That’s pretty standard for you all,” Wickham said of the qualified opinion. “To remedy that, it would be to either have the fire department become a separate 501(c)(3) and move the funds there, or make sure the fire department has all of their documentation included and documented.”
