Auditors flag $11 million in unclosed capital-project balances and $90 million with no recent spending

Auditors told the Duval DOGE Council Subcommittee on Tuesday that a set of capital improvement projects shown as "complete" on the administration's online dashboard still carry unclosed balances totaling nearly $11 million, and that a separate group of projects with budget authority have seen no expenditures since Oct. 1, 2023 — a total the auditors identified as about $90 million.

"These are projects that the status is marked as complete but there has not been anything done to close out these projects," Auditor Kim Taylor said to the committee. She said chief administrative staff confirmed some projects are finished but still await transactions needed for formal closeout, such as one-year inspections and other final paperwork.

The finding matters because, Taylor said, closing projects correctly makes available funds visible in the originating fund and allows the council to consider reallocating those dollars for debt reduction or other projects. She described the auditors' normal closeout expectation: completed projects should be transferred to a dedicated closed-out project…