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SAFECA audit shows no reportable findings; board approves consent agenda and hears contract, revenue updates
Summary
At the April 16 SAFECA meeting, finance staff presented the 2024–25 annual comprehensive financial report and auditors reported no findings or recommendations. The board approved the consent agenda, including a professional-services amendment and minutes, and staff outlined fund balances and a $1.2 million local-share payment to the Army Corps.
At its April 16 meeting, the West Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFECA) board received the 2024–25 annual comprehensive financial report and heard that auditors issued the report with "no reportable findings" and no recommendations, SAFECA finance manager Becky Robertson said.
Becky Robertson, finance manager with the City of West Sacramento, walked the board through SAFECA's fund structure and year-end figures for fiscal 2024–25. She reported the agency's operating fund (Fund 870) had a beginning balance of about $13.4 million and ended the reporting month roughly unchanged; the capital projects fund (Fund 871) began at $26.4 million and showed roughly $26.3 million after $137,000 in expenses. Robertson said the combined cash position for funds 870, 871 and the DWR reimbursement fund (257) was $58.96 million at the end of February and $58.7 million as of April 8.
Robertson also told the board that a large share of the agency's SAFECA direct operational costs this year—about $1.2 million—reflected a local contribution toward the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project local share. The capital projects fund had a remaining balance of about $23.4 million at fiscal year end.
Earlier in the meeting, staff member Jen reported that staff is processing a one-year, administratively executed amendment to the Willdan Financial assessment-administration contract that will extend the contract to April 20, 2027 and increase the contract amount by $12,500. Jen summarized month-to-date and year-to-date revenues and expenses, and offered to follow up on a board request to compare liability coverage with neighboring agencies.
The board considered the consent agenda, heard brief questions about a professional-services amendment with Blackburn (for borrow-source and geotechnical testing), and then moved and seconded approval. The Chair called the vote; members responded "Aye," and the motion carried with no opposition.
Robertson said a copy of the full ACFR and the auditor's report were provided in the meeting agenda packet and are available on the city's website. No further action was required on the ACFR at this meeting.
