Auditing North Ogden
The Ledger's review of North Ogden's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.
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Background
Auditing North Ogden: budget, reserves, debt payments and the audit, from the city's own records
North Ogden, a separate city from Ogden, adopted a fiscal 2026–27 General Fund budget of about $12.3 million in June without a proposed property tax increase. This series follows its reserves, bond payments, redevelopment money, audit and contracts through the city's public records.
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North Ogden approved a $48-a-ton garbage disposal deal through 2028
The North Ogden City Council approved a disposal agreement with Republic Services for the Ogden Transfer Station on June 23. Staff described a $48-per-ton starting rate with yearly inflation and fuel adjustments.
Timeline
- North Ogden approved a $48-a-ton garbage disposal deal through 2028
- North Ogden's clean audit came with one fraud-assessment finding; the next audit is due by Dec. 15
- North Ogden's redevelopment agency budgets $2 million to finish projects; one plaza grant changed course
- North Ogden dropped a proposed tax increase and budgeted $323,300 from reserves
Latest updates
- Politics
North Ogden approved a $48-a-ton garbage disposal deal through 2028
The North Ogden City Council approved a disposal agreement with Republic Services for the Ogden Transfer Station on June 23. Staff described a $48-per-ton starting rate with yearly inflation and fuel adjustments.
- Politics
North Ogden's clean audit came with one fraud-assessment finding; the next audit is due by Dec. 15
North Ogden's auditor gave its fiscal 2025 statements a clean opinion, with one compliance finding about the city's Fraud Risk Assessment. The council has since set a Dec. 15 target for the fiscal 2026 audit and hired a separate consultant to help prepare the statements.
- Politics
North Ogden's redevelopment agency budgets $2 million to finish projects; one plaza grant changed course
North Ogden's redevelopment agency, which staff say is nearing dissolution, has $2 million of budget authority for remaining projects, with new uses requiring board approval. In January the council redirected part of a $150,000 plaza grant after the original recipient could not meet the match.
- Politics
North Ogden dropped a proposed tax increase and budgeted $323,300 from reserves
On June 16 the North Ogden City Council removed a proposed $150,000 property tax increase and adopted the certified rate. The adopted worksheets balance the General Fund partly with $323,300 drawn from existing fund balance.