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Audit committee reports clean opinion; district posts multi‑million dollar fund balances and continues Johnson Controls financing payback

January 03, 2025 | Weber School District, Utah School Boards, Utah


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Audit committee reports clean opinion; district posts multi‑million dollar fund balances and continues Johnson Controls financing payback
Weber School District audit committee members told the board the district’s annual audit returned a clean opinion and no findings. Committee members said the district closed the year with a surplus and increased unassigned fund balance.

An audit committee speaker said the general fund showed a change in fund balance of about $3.5 million and that the district added roughly $3.2 million to unassigned reserves. Committee remarks also listed capital‑project drawdowns and a planned reduction of capital project fund balances: “Capital projects also is down $27,000,000. That is planned as well,” the auditor said.

The speakers outlined specific balances: bond projects listed about $40,000,000, textbook reserves of about $3,000,000, maintenance projects of approximately $2,300,000, a safety balance of about $40,000, and an unassigned general‑fund balance of about $14,800,000. The school lunch fund balance was described as down roughly $1,200,000, with a remaining balance reported in the transcript as about $4,000,000.

Committee members thanked district finance staff and auditors; Seth Bilgerton was named as the staff member who handles the audit and prepares the financial report. The committee also noted the district’s Fitch rating: “we are triple A rated with Fitch on ratings agency which is the highest rating you can have,” a committee member said.

Board members asked about the district’s long‑term Johnson Controls energy‑savings financing. Staff said the district borrowed about $24,000,000 to fund energy‑management upgrades through Johnson Controls and is repaying the borrowing from utility savings. Committee members said they will ask the district’s external auditor, Squire and Company, to present more detail during the open board meeting.

No formal votes were taken; the audit report will be presented in more detail during the public session.

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