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DOR outlines audit findings and urges council oversight as sunset approaches
Summary
Division staff reported legislative audit findings calling for increased financial oversight, snowmobile program infrastructure fixes, and stronger compliance tracking; DOR Director Jason Curry testified against the advisory council's scheduled 2027 statutory sunset.
Wade Allinson provided an executive update summarizing a recent legislative audit and media coverage by KSL. The audit called for increased council oversight on financial expenditures, identified infrastructure deficiencies within the snowmobile program, and demanded more thorough compliance tracking for active grant projects.
Separately, DOR Director Jason Curry told the council he formally testified before the Utah State Legislature against the council's scheduled statutory sunset in 2027, arguing the department cannot legally or practically perform its recreation mandates without this advisory body. The council discussed steps to tighten oversight and program reporting in response to the audit's recommendations.
