Auditing South Jordan
The Ledger's review of South Jordan's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.
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Background
Auditing South Jordan: what we're examining and why
The Ledger is reading South Jordan's budgets, audits, bond notices and district financial reports. Here is what the city's latest audited report and adopted budget show, and the separate Downtown Daybreak district that borrowed on its own.
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- Politics
South Jordan's building authority moves toward up to $27 million in fire station bonds
South Jordan's Municipal Building Authority adopted a resolution on Sept. 15 allowing up to $27 million in lease revenue bonds for a new fire station. Its notice estimates total debt service at $43,667,000 if the bonds are held to maturity.
- Politics
South Jordan's new parks fee: $5.28 a month, and how officials said it would be tracked
South Jordan's adopted budget adds a monthly parks fee of $5.28 for single-family homes and $3.38 for multifamily units. City officials told the council it would raise about $1.7 million a year and be tracked in dedicated budget lines.
- Politics
Downtown Daybreak district reports $61.08 million payment to its developer
A Daybreak public infrastructure district, a government separate from South Jordan city, reports paying VP Daybreak Devco LLC $61,079,836.09 from its construction fund in April. Its June 30 statements show $86.32 million in bonds payable and no tax increment received yet.