Auditing Vineyard
The Ledger's review of Vineyard's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money. Every story in the series, sorted by subject, with the figures the records show and links to the official documents.
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Auditing Vineyard: What the city's audit, budget and redevelopment records show
Vineyard's auditors gave a clean opinion on its fiscal 2025 statements. The city's redevelopment agency, which grew out of the former Geneva Steel site, held $18.2 million at June 30, 2025, and bonds tied to tax increment make up most of the city's governmental debt. This series examines the records behind those numbers.
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- $88.8 millionVineyard's total outstanding long-term debt, June 30, 2025Auditing Vineyard: What the city's audit, budget and redevelopment records show →
- $85.0 millionAll-funds total in Vineyard's FY2025–26 final budgetAuditing Vineyard: What the city's audit, budget and redevelopment records show →
- $3.1 millionCity's own property tax abated under tax-increment agreements, FY2025Vineyard's first tax-abatement note: $3.1 million abated in fiscal 2025, $8.3 million in commitments →
- $8.3 millionOutstanding RDA reimbursement commitments, June 30, 2025Vineyard's first tax-abatement note: $3.1 million abated in fiscal 2025, $8.3 million in commitments →
- $15.2 millionRDA actual FY2025 spending against $36.3 million budgetedVineyard's redevelopment fund spent $15.2 million of a $36.3 million budget in fiscal 2025 →
- $18.2 millionRDA fund balance at June 30, 2025Vineyard's redevelopment fund spent $15.2 million of a $36.3 million budget in fiscal 2025 →
Redevelopment money
Vineyard's redevelopment agency hires CPA firm again to widen review of reimbursement payments
A December 2025 report from CPA Insight Solutions said Vineyard had no written procedures for reviewing redevelopment reimbursements and that sampled packets lacked some subcontractor support. In September 2026 the agency board voted to hire the firm again for a review covering more years and a larger sample.
Vineyard's redevelopment fund spent $15.2 million of a $36.3 million budget in fiscal 2025
The Vineyard Redevelopment Agency's fiscal 2025 budget allowed $36,286,165 in spending and anticipated using its whole fund balance. Actual spending was $15,188,340, including $6,877,702 of debt service, and the fund ended the year with $18,161,593.
Subsidies
Vineyard's first tax-abatement note: $3.1 million abated in fiscal 2025, $8.3 million in commitments
After the State Auditor called for fuller disclosure, Vineyard's fiscal 2025 financial statements added a note on redevelopment tax-increment agreements. It reports $3,106,689 of the city's own property tax abated during the year and, separately, $8,270,525 in reimbursement commitments outstanding at year-end.
Contracts and spending
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Audits and compliance
What the State Auditor's 2025 review of Vineyard and its redevelopment agency found
A June 2025 limited review found Vineyard had left transactions, including redevelopment payments to developers, out of its Transparent Utah uploads for 2018 through 2024. The city replaced the data and the auditor confirmed it matched the books. The review also found the agency's taxing entity committee had not met since 2010, a finding the city disputed.