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Audit Objective

Determine whether the Board properly managed capital reserves.

Key Findings

• The Board funded reserves by $500,000 more than the amounts included in the annual budget over a five-year period.
• The District did not publish the required legal notices for five expenditures totaling $180,000 that were subject to permissive referendum.

Key Recommendations

• Ensure budgets include the planned funding and use of reserves.
• Ensure reserve expenditures comply with legal requirements to publish notices of permissive referendum.

District officials generally agreed with our findings and recommendations and indicated they plan to take corrective action.