Auditing White City
The Ledger's review of White City's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.
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Background
Auditing White City: a $1.96 million main fund and audited figures reported by the service district
White City buys most of its municipal services through the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District, and its audited figures appear as one column in the district's financial statements. This series follows the city's posted budgets, the district's FY2025 statements and the council's meeting records.
Read the explainer →Latest update · October 17, 2026
Service district approves up to $259,997 for design of White City and Magna sidewalks
The district board approved a UDOT local government contract with ESI Engineering covering preconstruction engineering for the Onyx Lane sidewalk in White City and the Breeze Drive sidewalk in Magna. White City's council heard in July that design was expected by the end of September.
Timeline
- Service district approves up to $259,997 for design of White City and Magna sidewalks
- District's draft FY2025 audit restates White City's starting net position by $7.3 million
- White City lists $184,685 in CARES Act money and $242,000 for improvement projects in FY2027
- White City's FY2027 budget lowers its sales tax estimate and its transfer to the service district
Latest updates
- Politics
Service district approves up to $259,997 for design of White City and Magna sidewalks
The district board approved a UDOT local government contract with ESI Engineering covering preconstruction engineering for the Onyx Lane sidewalk in White City and the Breeze Drive sidewalk in Magna. White City's council heard in July that design was expected by the end of September.
- Politics
District's draft FY2025 audit restates White City's starting net position by $7.3 million
The service district's draft FY2025 statements correct a prior-period error tied to unrecorded capital assets, raising White City's beginning net position from $8,752,219 to $16,058,292. The auditor reported the underlying control gap as a material weakness.
- Politics
White City lists $184,685 in CARES Act money and $242,000 for improvement projects in FY2027
The Council Designated Fund spent $682,646 in federal ARPA money in FY2025. For FY2027 it budgets $426,685, including $184,685 under the CARES Act and $242,000 for streets, lighting and sidewalks, without naming specific projects.
- Politics
White City's FY2027 budget lowers its sales tax estimate and its transfer to the service district
The FY2027 worksheet budgets $925,000 in sales tax, down from $1,000,000 a year earlier, and cuts the main fund's contribution to the district's General Fund by $136,544 while adding a $124,544 building-related line.