SAO: Special District Gone Wild. 3 Points from the State Auditor.

The Irrigation District: Engelman Irrigation District

The State Auditor report:

• Financial Concerns. Need to be able to pay the bills.
  • ​insufficient controls to meet financial obligation
  • sales revenue went down 60.5% from 2014 to 2016
• Statutory Concerns. Need to be able to follow the law. The district did not:
  • “determine what percentage of the District’s maintenance and operating expenses should be covered by its various rates”
  •  “develop written policies and procedures in most key business areas”
  •  “approve budgets in a timely manner”
  • ” sufficiently bond its board members.”
• The district’s cost to get water went up 130%

State Auditor Report 17-017