Missed red flag: Accounting firm’s bill for audit help was way over budget

Missed red flag: Accounting firm’s bill for audit help was way over budget

What, exactly, were the 26 City of Vero Beach Finance Department employees doing while state deadlines to file the city’s 2022-23 audit flew by, causing a loss of state revenue, the holding back of pension funds and leaving more than $32 million in grants in limbo? There has, to this point, been no explanation for why the audit – previously completed and filed annually with no apparent problem – was not completed on time a year ago, and still ha…