The audit is a comprehensive review of the manner in which the City's resources were actually utilized.
The main purpose of an audit is to issue an opinion over the presentation of financial statements and to test the controls over the safekeeping of assets, while making any recommendations for improvements where necessary.
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has presented the City of Rockport with the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for eleven years.