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Morgan: budget, bonds and utility fees

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

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Auditing Morgan: What the city's audit and budget filings say about its money

Morgan City's fiscal 2025 audit received unmodified opinions. Its fiscal 2027 General Fund budget totals $6,747,770, including $1,106,470 drawn from the fund's beginning balance. This series reports what the city's filed records say, one finding at a time.

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Latest update · July 31, 2026 · published Oct 17

Morgan's fiscal 2027 budget draws $1.1 million from the General Fund's beginning balance

Morgan City's fiscal 2027 budget report appropriates $1,106,470 from the General Fund's beginning balance. The fund's audited balance was $1,676,589 at June 30, 2025, and most of that was restricted.

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  1. Morgan's fiscal 2027 budget draws $1.1 million from the General Fund's beginning balance · published Oct 17
  2. Morgan changed its electric and garbage fees in June · published Oct 17
  3. Morgan's auditors reported a state compliance item in a letter outside the filed audit · published Oct 17
  4. Morgan's redevelopment agency took in $352,795 in increment and spent $660,263 in 2025 · published Oct 17
  5. Morgan's three bonds, its reserve accounts and a 2013 loan between utility funds · published Oct 17

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