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Davis County auditor highlights data-integrity work, Tyler Munis implementation and staffing efficiencies
Summary
Auditor Curtis Koch outlined 2025 priorities including bank-to-book reconciliation, continued rollout of the Tyler Munis system, modest training increases, and personnel changes intended to yield efficiencies without adding new positions.
Curtis Koch, Davis County auditor, used the Budget Committee meeting on Oct. 1 to set out the auditors office priorities for 2025: strengthen data integrity in the tax system, complete implementation of the Tyler Munis enterprise system, revise financial policies, and maintain staffing efficiency.
Koch described an "urgent need to reconcile bank to book to general ledger" uncovered during audit work and said the county is continuing to implement Tyler Munis to reduce manual reconciliation and improve reporting. "Through our normal audit processes, we've continued to identify issues... There is an urgent need to reconcile bank to book to general ledger," he said.
On personnel, Koch said the office is holding a vacancy and has reorganized responsibilities — downgrading a senior accounting position to an accounting technician — with a goal of reducing personnel costs next year if efficiencies hold. He credited recent hires and long-term staff for improving performance and said the office is seeking modest increases for training (a 6.7% bump in training funding to support purchasing certification) while cutting nonessential travel.
Koch also explained a recurring budget item: the mandated biannual OPEB (other post-employment benefits) study, which causes roughly a $14,500 swing in expenses every other year. He said the office projects roughly a 2.28% operations increase driven by training needs and inflationary pressure.
Koch recommended broader county consideration of centralized finance functions as a long-term efficiency goal but said such a change would be a multiyear effort requiring careful planning.
