The budget does close what was originally a $ 65 million gap, and that was accomplished with the help of money from
the districts unrestricted fund balance.
Not exact matches
The Comptroller's office recommends the
District adopt budgets based on what it called realistic estimates, with reasonable
fund balances, and come up with a use for the excess
unrestricted fund balance that would benefit
District residents.
District officials designated more than $ 3 million of
unrestricted fund balance for costs related to other post-employment benefits each year, but did not use the
funds to make related payments, the report noted.
«Although the need to address the excess accumulation of
unrestricted fund balance was pointed out to
district officials repeatedly by the independent auditors,
district officials have not taken appropriate action to address this situation,» read the report.
Taking $ 14 million from the
fund balance would leave the
district with just $ 4 million in
unrestricted reserves, which Slack acknowledged would be «a little thin.»