Whiteland council approves resolution to record prior-year corrections totaling $1.285 million

The Whiteland Town council voted to approve Resolution 2025-13, authorizing additional appropriations to reflect accounting corrections from prior years that staff said had been detected during reconciliation.

Staff described the amounts as corrections to prior-year accounting entries and recommended recording $685,000 into the town’s general fund and $600,000 into the sewer operating fund in the 2025 budget. The presenter said the funds had appeared on bank records but had not been properly recorded in the town’s accounting system, necessitating these adjustments.

Council members pressed for clarity on how far back the errors extended and whether current bank balances would be affected. One member asked: “So is that last year?” Staff replied the corrections spanned multiple years and that exact years were not specified during the meeting. The presenter said the town was working with reconciliations done by Stone and Munoz and that staff would provide a detailed printed breakdown for the council in January.

The resolution was presented as a public hearing; the council opened and then closed the hearing with no public speakers and voted to approve the resolution 3–0. Staff said the action was a documentation correction and should not change current cash available for operations but will change appropriation reports.