Notes to SEFA
The accompanying schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards (the Schedules) include the federal and state award activity of Lafayette County, including Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County, under programs of the federal and state government for the year ended December 31, 2024. The information in these Schedules are presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) and the State Single Audit Guidelines. Because the Schedules present only a selected portion of the operations of Lafayette County, they are not intended to and do not present the financial position, changes in net position or cash flows of Lafayette County.
The schedule of expenditures of federal and state awards includes adjustments through the February 14, 2025 Grant Enrollment, Application and Reporting System (GEARS) reports and the April 2, 2025 SPARC report.
Lafayette County received federal awards from the following pass-through agencies: DHS Wisconsin Department of Health Services DOA Wisconsin Department of Administration DCF Wisconsin Department of Children and Families DMA Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs GWAAR Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources Green County Green County, Wisconsin DOJ Wisconsin Department of Justice
During 2023, the Lafayette County Hospital (Hospital) issued the Taxable Memorial Hospital Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2023A and 2023B, which are guaranteed by USDA, and the Taxable Memorial Hospital Mortgage Revenue Bonds Series 2023C Bonds, dated in June 2023, to provide financing for construction of a replacement hospital facility. The Series 2023A, 2023B, and 2023C Bonds were issued in conjunction with a community hospital facility loan agreement with the USDA. Under the terms of the USDA Rural Development loan agreement, the Hospital is anticipated to be required to repay the loan over a 30-year amortization schedule with installments of principal and interest beginning two years following the closing of the loan. The interest rate for the Series 2023A and Series 2023B Bonds have a fixed rate of 7.50%. The interest rate for the Series 2023C bonds is currently based on the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate less 2.00% and is adjusted monthly on the first day of each month during the period of construction and then following construction, the Series 2023C bonds will be transitioned from the interim financing mode to permenant placement mode bonds and will have a fixed interest rate applied over the duration that the bonds are outstanding. As of December 31, 2024, the current outstanding balance of the loans is $36,693,811.