Hyrum
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Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Hyrum's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
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- City memo: Hyrum's wastewater plant capacity cut, state sets report deadline
Whether a contract with the selected firm has been signed, and what has been spent. The Ledger has not seen a signed agreement or invoices.
- Hyrum's 2026-27 budget plans more utility spending than revenue in four funds
How much cash or reserves each utility fund holds to cover the planned difference, and what the city's reserve targets are.
- Hyrum's $13.86 million generator loan: what the city and UAMPS records show
What the signed loan and power-service agreements between Hyrum and UAMPS say. The Ledger has not obtained them.
Hyrum: audit weakness, generator loan and utility spending →
City memo: Hyrum's wastewater plant capacity cut, state sets report deadline
A May 2026 staff memo says a discrepancy in design criteria reduced the permitted capacity of Hyrum's water reclamation facility, which also serves Millville, and that the Division of Water Quality required an updated engineering report by the end of July 2026. The city sought proposals for the report and a master plan.
Hyrum's 2026-27 budget plans more utility spending than revenue in four funds
Hyrum's approved 2026-27 budget plans $3.54 million more spending than revenue in the electric fund, driven by $4.87 million in construction and special projects. Irrigation, storm water and culinary water also plan to spend more than they take in. The General Fund relies on a $1.62 million line for unappropriated fund balance.
Hyrum's $13.86 million generator loan: what the city and UAMPS records show
Hyrum City borrowed $13.86 million through Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems in 2024 to build a local power generator, to be repaid from electric sales through 2044. The city's audit and UAMPS's own audit report the same principal, while describing the interest rates and the instrument differently.
Hyrum's auditor reports the same bookkeeping weakness for a third year
Hyrum City's fiscal 2025 audit again found that key accounts were not reconciled to supporting records at year-end, a material weakness the auditor also reported for fiscal 2023 and 2024. The city hired an accountant after the fiscal year ended, the audit says, and the financial statements received a clean opinion.
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