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Follow the money and what happened next
Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Hooper's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
Open questions in our reporting
- The same $165,381 appears twice in Hooper's storm water records
Whether the fiscal 2027 ARPA line and the fiscal 2025 grant revenue are the same money, and how it is accounted for. The records reviewed do not say.
- Hooper's 2026 tax rate records list three different rates
Which rate the signed Resolution R-2026-02 sets. The packet copy is unsigned.
- Hooper Crossing's draft deal leaves any city contribution to later agreements
Whether the council approved the development agreement, rezone and survey-area resolution on Sept. 17. Minutes were not posted as of Oct. 16.
Hooper: sewer budget, HVAC bid and Hooper Crossing deal →
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.
Hooper's 2026 tax rate records list three different rates
Hooper proposed $128,000 more in property tax for the sheriff's contract. The hearing notice, the draft resolution and the draft minutes of the Aug. 6 vote each give a different rate.
Hooper Crossing's draft deal leaves any city contribution to later agreements
Hooper adopted an economic incentive policy on the mayor's tie-breaking vote in April. The draft Hooper Crossing development agreement before the council in September makes a regional sewer lift station eligible for public money but says amounts must be set in separate council-approved agreements.
Hooper picks a $534,000 bid for sewer station HVAC
Draft July 29 minutes record a 4-0 vote to award vacuum station HVAC work to the low bidder and a 3-1 vote for partial funding of a sewer force main in West Haven's 5100 West road project. The motion on the force main names no amount.
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