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County asks Archer for full accounting after audit finds $738,000 in commingled surtax funds
Summary
An independent audit found more than $738,000 in infrastructure surtax receipts were used for general operations in Archer. Alachua County commissioners voted to request a full accounting, a proposed three‑year repayment timeline and enhanced oversight by the county's infrastructure surtax oversight board.
Alachua County commissioners voted Thursday to ask the City of Archer for a full accounting after a county staff presentation described an independent audit that found more than $738,000 in infrastructure surtax disbursements were commingled with general operating funds between 2017 and 2024.
The county manager's office presented the audit findings and staff recommendations during the meeting. The board approved a motion that asks Archer to provide a full accounting of all infrastructure surtax receipts since 2017, recommends a reasonable timeline for repayment (staff recommended three years) and asks the county's infrastructure surtax oversight board to conduct enhanced monitoring of the city's surtax accounts.
Why it matters: the surtax is voter‑approved money restricted to capital or infrastructure uses. The audit's finding that surtax receipts were spent on…
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