Published by Paul Ivinskas
Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Auditing Morgan · From the records

Morgan's redevelopment agency took in $352,795 in tax increment and spent $660,263 in fiscal 2025

Morgan's redevelopment agency received $352,795 in tax increment in fiscal 2025 and spent $660,263, including $302,775 in business loans and grants. Its fund balance fell to $506,438. The fiscal 2026 year-to-date column shows spending of $1,073,433.

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Source / event date: Fiscal 2025 audit, Dec. 31, 2025; fiscal 2027 budget report, July 31, 2026

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Morgan

Morgan City's redevelopment agency is reported in the city's audit as a blended component unit. The city receives tax increment revenue for the redevelopment fund, a special revenue fund. [3]

In fiscal 2025 the agency fund took in $355,904, including $352,795 in taxes, and spent $660,263. Its fund balance fell from $810,797 to $506,438. [1]

Where the money went

The budget report breaks down the fiscal 2025 spending: $302,774.60 in business loans and grants, $266,537.16 in capital outlay, $58,393.76 to the school district, $15,379.45 to Morgan County and $10,897.69 to the city's General Fund. [2]

In fiscal 2024 the agency also received a $412,414 transfer from the General Fund and spent $221,920.74. [2]

Fiscal 2026 and 2027

The fiscal 2026 amended budget appropriated $657,500 of the agency's fund balance. Its year-to-date actual column, printed July 31, 2026, lists $835,868.17 in capital outlay, $150,000 in business loans and grants and $1,073,432.86 in total spending. On the revenue side it lists $327,643.75 in tax increment and $250,000 in business or loan payments. [2]

The fiscal 2027 budget lists $350,000 in tax increment, $94,000 in capital outlay and $150,000 in business loans and grants, with no appropriation from fund balance. [2]

A business loan is not the same as a grant; the budget report combines them in one line. The fiscal 2026 figures are from an unaudited year-to-date column.

Sources

  1. Morgan City · Fiscal 2025 basic financial statements and auditor's reports (Gilbert & Stewart, Dec. 31, 2025), copy filed with the Utah State Auditor, nonmajor governmental funds statement of revenues
  2. Morgan City · Fiscal 2027 State Budget Report filed with the Utah State Auditor (printed July 31, 2026), Redevelopment Agency Fund
  3. Morgan City · Fiscal 2025 basic financial statements and auditor's reports (Gilbert & Stewart, Dec. 31, 2025), copy filed with the Utah State Auditor, summary of significant accounting policies

Reporting by The Utah Ledger from the public records above. AI-assisted, checked against those records.