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Hot Springs reports unaudited 2024 year-end surpluses in several funds; street fund posts deficit after increased paving

2679267 · March 18, 2025
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Finance Director Karen Scott told the Hot Springs City Board of Directors the city closed 2024 with several funds in surplus but the street fund ran a deficit after a one-time increase in paving spending; figures were presented as unaudited.

Finance Director Karen Scott told the Hot Springs City Board of Directors on March 18 that the city’s fiscal-year 2024 financial statements are unaudited but show several funds finishing the year with revenues exceeding expenditures.

Scott said the general fund finished 2024 with revenues over expenditures of $5,130,000 and that after an amended budget projecting a $2,200,000 loss the year produced a positive swing of $7,400,000. She reported the general fund’s year-end unrestricted fund balance at $26,397,000 and a restricted balance of $10,588,000. All figures were…

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