Audits released this week for the cities of Austin, Texas, and Denver have stung two senior members of Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ administration. The Denver audit is particularly critical of work by Seedco Financial Services, which was led by Peter H. Chapman before he was hired this summer as Richmond’s deputy chief administrative officer for economic and community development.

The community development corporation led by a finalist for Richmond’s top administrative post is the subject of an audit that is expected to be finished this summer. The city of Austin, Texas, is formally reviewing the work of the nonprofit Austin Revitalization Authority, which was set up in 1995 to help revive a blighted area of East Austin.