Trace the decisions and financial records linked to West Haven's projects. A budget, bond ceiling, contract authorization and actual payment describe different things.
What the signed reimbursement agreement says, and whether it matches the unsigned form in the 2024 packet, including any later amendments. The Ledger has not obtained an executed copy.
The fiscal 2027 storm water budget expects $343,000 from the current $3 monthly fee and lists a $500,000 general fund transfer and $766,238 from reserves to balance it, though the listed sources add up to $289,000 more than the stated total. The city manager's summary says the fee must rise.
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The council awarded three Poulter Pond contracts totaling $775,109.04 in August and, according to draft minutes, a $1,446,896.44 Windsor Park contract in October, after an August budget amendment corrected how Windsor Park was to be funded.
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The fiscal 2027 budget assumes a Walmart Supercenter opens in the last quarter of the fiscal year and splits its expected $225,000 in city sales tax between city operations and reimbursing developers for realigning Hunter Drive.
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The council voted in June to implement a 1998 ordinance taxing electricity and natural gas, which had never been applied. The state lists the 6% tax as effective Oct. 1, and the budget expects $905,250 from it this fiscal year.
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The Utah Civic Compact estimates at least 1,000 readers statewide and says Weber County's 10 cameras were searched more than 5 million times since 2022.
