APOPKA, Fla. — The city of Apopka will soon be initiating a forensic audit to analyze the city’s finances.

Commissioner Nick Nesta brought forth the idea, sparking a vote in a recent City Council meeting.

During Wednesday’s City Council meeting, he said he doesn’t feel comfortable with the city’s financials.

On Friday, Nesta said a forensic inspection of city reserves, grant money, reimbursements and transactions is needed by an independent company, “to create and restore confidence” in the city and to “ensure no funds have been inappropriately spent or allocated, whether through fraud or ineptness.”

The City Council voted 5-0 vote to move forward with the forensic audit.

During the meeting, Commissioner Diane Velazquez asked if the audit would be looking for criminal actions.

“From my point of view, forensic is when we’re looking for something that may be criminal," she said.

Nesta said the forensic audit would just take a deeper look at the city's financials and how the taxpayers' money is spent.

“It doesn’t necessarily need to be criminal," he said. "It can be that misappropriation of funds. It could be an accident. It could be we didn’t follow policy — maybe there’s not a policy. It just created an even deeper layer of transparency for our residents, and that’s the goal.”

“During these transitions or employee turnover, the city of Apopka financials have not been in sync with basic norms," Nesta added. "There are funds that cannot be accounted for, funds have been moved incorrectly, etc., and funds have simply been lost."

The audit would analyze funds from Jan. 1, 2018, to the present.

A request for a proposal for the audit will be posted on the city of Apopka’s website.