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Saturday, October 24, 2026

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Auditing Manti

The Ledger's review of Manti's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.

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Background

Auditing Manti: what the city's audit and budget records say about its money

A facts-only look at Manti's finances: the fiscal 2025 audit, the city's debt and fund balances, the fiscal 2026-27 budget workbook it filed with the state, and what this series will follow.

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Latest update · October 17, 2026

Manti budgets $350,000 in utility transfers and $470,000 from reserves for its general fund

Manti's electric fund sent $250,000 to the general fund in fiscal 2025, which spent $289,809 more than it took in. The fiscal 2026-27 budget workbook lists $350,000 in utility transfers, including a new $100,000 from water, and $470,000 from prior-year fund balance.

2 stories since October 17, 2026

Timeline

  1. Manti budgets $350,000 in utility transfers and $470,000 from reserves for its general fund
  2. Manti's $7.5 million zero-interest bond for a water treatment plant: what's drawn and what's budgeted

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