07-11-2023 Workshop (2022 Financial Audit)HUTCHINSON CITY COUNCIL
REVIEW OF 2022 FINANCIAL REPORT WORKSHOP
MINUTES
TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2023, AT 4:30 PM
CITY CENTER — COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1. Call to Order
Mayor Forcier called the workshop to order at 4:30 p.m. Members present included Dave
Sebesta, Pat May, Tim Burley and Chad Czmowski. Others present were Matt Jaunich, City
Administrator, Andy Reid, Finance Director, and Justin Juergensen, Assistant Finance Director.
REVIEW OF 2022 FINANCIAL REPORT
2. 2022 Financial Report
Justin Juergensen, Assistant Finance Director, introduced Layne Kockelman of Abdo (City's
auditing firm) who presented the City's 2022 audited financial report.
Layne Kockelman presented before the Council. Mr. Kockelman explained that the auditing firm
completes an audit opinion which includes a testing of Minnesota legal compliance, internal
controls over financial reporting and other law provisions, regulations, contracts and grant
agreements. The audit opinion on the financial statements is clean and there were no findings.
There were no instances of noncompliance.
Mr. Kockelman reviewed general fund fund balances. Items reviewed were unrestricted fund
balance, budget and fund balance policy at 40%. The unrestricted fund balance was at 54.9% for
2022. The general fund has a very healthy cash reserve and all budgets were balanced. He also
reviewed the make-up of the general fund budget to actual, general fund revenues by type and
general fund expenditures by type. Mr. Kockelman also reviewed the capital projects fund
balances, special revenue fund balances, and debt service funds. Most of the funds in the special
revenue fund balances are restricted. Mr. Kockelman then reviewed the enterprise funds and
reviewed the cash flows from operations and cash balances in the water fund, sewer fund, refuse
fund, composting fund, public utilities commission fund, storm water fund, and the liquor fund.
Mr. Kockelman reminded the group that the purpose/main goal of the liquor fund is to transfer
out to the general fund, which was $550,000 in 2022. Mr. Kockelman reviewed cash and
investments balances by fund type which total just over $67,000,000 for 2022. All funds have
healthy cash balances. Mr. Kockelman reviewed comparisons of key performance indicators with
other class three cities and other cities in McLeod County related to tax rates, taxes per capita,
long term debt per capita, debt service expenditures as a percentage of current expenditures,
current expenditures per capita, and capital expenditures per capita. Andy Reid noted that
although the enterprise funds have healthy cash balances currently, the Council will see that
through the budget process there are several capital improvement projects that will bring those
cash balances down.
Overall the report shows that the City is fiscally healthy.
Mr. Kockelman noted that with the challenges of rising costs, many cities have had to raise their
general fund tax levy significantly.
3. Adjournment
Motion by May, second by Czmowski, to adjourn the workshop at 5:00 p.m. Motion carried
unanimously.
ATTEST:
Gary T. Forcier
Mayor
Matthew Jaunich
City Administrator