§ 41.6-615. Independent Audit.

 The Council shall provide for an independent annual audit of all municipal revenues and accounts by a certified public accountant who has no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the municipal government or any of its elected or appointed officers. The Council may provide for more frequent audits, as well as special audits, as it deems necessary. The results of the annual audit and the financial statement of the fiscal affairs of the municipality shall be presented to the Council and published in a newspaper circulating generally in the municipality by April 1 of the year following the fiscal year audited. The same accounting firm shall not be used for more than three consecutive years.