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Hooper: sewer budget, HVAC bid and Hooper Crossing deal

The Ledger's review of Hooper's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.

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Background

Auditing Hooper: what we're examining and why

The Ledger is reading Hooper's budgets, audits and council records. Here is what the city's fiscal 2025 audited financial statements and its approved fiscal 2027 budget show.

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Latest update · October 16, 2026

The same $165,381 appears twice in Hooper's storm water records

Hooper's fiscal 2025 audit records $165,381 of grant revenue in the storm water fund. The approved fiscal 2027 budget lists $165,381 labeled ARPA as new income for a year with an $880,000 project.

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Timeline, newest first

  1. The same $165,381 appears twice in Hooper's storm water records
  2. Hooper's sewer budget plans a $969,521 fund balance drop, $525,000 of it depreciation · published Oct 16
  3. Hooper's 2026 tax rate records list three different rates · published Oct 16
  4. Hooper picks a $534,000 bid for sewer station HVAC · published Oct 16
  5. Hooper Crossing's draft deal leaves any city contribution to later agreements · published Oct 16

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