Millville
Local news, council decisions, projects and city spending, with links to the agendas, minutes and reporting behind each story.
Meetings and decisions, item by item →
Follow the money and what happened next
Trace the decisions and financial records linked to Millville's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
Open questions in our reporting
- Millville's sewer system: $15.9 million in bonds and $9.3 million in grants
The recorder told the council on Sept. 10, 2026 that he would provide an updated count of homes connected to the sewer.
- Millville's share of Hyrum's sewer plant: 2020 agreement terms and a $1.4 million grant
The audit describes a $702,400 principal share; the staff report describes $1,400,000 in state grant funding for the buy-in.
- Millville's audit finds differences between a quarterly report and the general ledger
The audit does not give the amounts of the differences.
Millville: audit differences, Hyrum sewer share and sewer debt →
Millville's sewer system: $15.9 million in bonds and $9.3 million in grants
Millville's fiscal 2025 audit lists five water and sewer revenue bonds totaling $17.67 million, three of them for sewer. Two interest-free sewer bonds begin annual payments in fall 2026, and the 2026-27 budget adds a DEQ sewer loan payment.
Millville's share of Hyrum's sewer plant: 2020 agreement terms and a $1.4 million grant
Millville's audit says a 2020 agreement gives the city a 20% ownership share of Hyrum's wastewater treatment plant in exchange for monthly per-home payments. A June 2026 staff report says the state provided $1.4 million in additional grant funding for the buy-in.
Millville's audit finds differences between a quarterly report and the general ledger
In Millville's fiscal 2025 audit, the auditor reported that a quarterly financial report given to the City Council in January 2025 differed from the general ledger. Draft minutes say the council approved the audit after the auditors discussed the issue "again."
No recent news stories about Millville. Millville: audit differences, Hyrum sewer share and sewer debt has our public-records reporting on the city.