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Eagan council accepts audited 2025 financial report; auditors issue clean opinion
Summary
The Eagan City Council received and accepted the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report after auditors from Redpath & Company issued a clean, unmodified opinion and reported no internal control or Minnesota compliance findings. Councilors questioned fund reserve policy and utility funding during a brief Q&A.
The Eagan City Council on June 2 voted to receive and accept the city’s 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report after auditors from Redpath & Company issued a clean, unmodified opinion.
Rebecca Peterson, an auditor with Redpath & Company, told the council the audit included four companion reports and that the firm found “no instances of internal control findings reported” and “no instances of noncompliance” under Minnesota legal requirements. She described the audit opinion as the highest level of assurance the firm provides.
Peterson identified several significant accounting estimates in the statements, including other post‑employment benefits, certain shared project costs with the county that require estimation, the city’s self‑insured exposures, and the net pension liability allocated to Eagan (noted in the presentation at about $18,000,000 for 2025). “We issued a clean, unmodified opinion this year, which is the result you would want,” Peterson said.
Council members asked follow‑up questions about a recent policy change to the general fund reserve target and about long‑term utility fund pressures driven by depreciation. Peterson said the general fund unassigned reserve coverage was about 46% of the next year’s expenditure budget, within the city’s adopted policy range, and highlighted building permit revenue and one‑time assigned fund balance as drivers of the year’s increase.
Public works and finance staff noted aging infrastructure and the need to build reserves and forecasted capital plans to meet replacement needs. After discussion the council moved to accept the report; the motion carried on the record by voice vote.
The council’s acceptance forwards an audited financial picture to the public and confirms there were no audit exceptions reported during the 2025 review. The city’s staff said they will continue to monitor reserve targets, utility fund depreciation, and capital needs as they plan for future budgets.
