Auditing Huntington
The Ledger's review of Huntington's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money. Every story in the series, sorted by subject, with the figures the records show and links to the official documents.
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Auditing Huntington: A $1.2 million general fund, $659,000 in park and fire-station bonds, and an unmodified 2025 audit opinion
This series follows Huntington City's money through its own records. The fiscal 2025 audit gives the city an unmodified opinion and reports $659,000 in lease revenue bonds. The fiscal 2027 budget the council adopted in June plans $1,192,333 in general fund revenue.
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- $1,216,810General fund revenue, fiscal 2025 (audited)Auditing Huntington: A $1.2 million general fund, $659,000 in park and fire-station bonds, and an unmodified 2025 audit opinion →
- $659,000Lease revenue bonds owed at June 30, 2025Auditing Huntington: A $1.2 million general fund, $659,000 in park and fire-station bonds, and an unmodified 2025 audit opinion →
- $1,192,333Fiscal 2027 general fund revenue budgetAuditing Huntington: A $1.2 million general fund, $659,000 in park and fire-station bonds, and an unmodified 2025 audit opinion →
- $34,101Highway 31 curb and sidewalk invoice paid in June 2025Huntington council approves $34,101 curb and sidewalk invoice; the bid was $21,000 →
- $74,400Cemetery concrete bid accepted Aug. 19, 2026Huntington council accepts $74,400 cemetery concrete bid →
- $59,291Budgeted fiscal 2027 utility fund expenses above revenueHuntington's fiscal 2026 and 2027 utility budgets list expenses above revenue →
Budgets, reserves and taxes
Huntington's fiscal 2026 and 2027 utility budgets list expenses above revenue
The utility fund budget Huntington adopted for fiscal 2027 lists $625,891 in expenses against $566,600 in revenue, and the amended fiscal 2026 budget lists $653,891 against $580,600. In the last audited year, fiscal 2025, the fund took in more than it spent and ended with $574,435 in cash.
Contracts and spending
Huntington council accepts $74,400 cemetery concrete bid
On Aug. 19, 2026, the City Council voted 5-0 to accept a $74,400 bid from Los Aviles LLC for cemetery concrete, choosing between two bids. The motion cited the use of a local contractor. The same meeting tabled a pickleball and basketball court project while staff looked into grants.
Huntington council approves $34,101 curb and sidewalk invoice; the bid was $21,000
June 2025 minutes record that the final invoice for curb work along state Highway 31 came to $34,101 against a $21,000 bid, because it included new sidewalk. The mayor said legal counsel advised paying it because there was no way to prove what had been agreed. The council approved payment 3-1.