Auditing Beaver
The Ledger's review of Beaver'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 Beaver: what the council's 2026 records show about recovery and power costs
This series follows Beaver City's money through its posted council records. After this summer's loss of hydroelectric generation, the council approved a drinking water advance of about $47,900, weighed two federal-aid consultants and discussed limits on its electric capacity.
Read the explainer →Key figures
- $853,324Beaver Municipal Building Authority FY2027 budget approved June 23, 2026Auditing Beaver: what the council's 2026 records show about recovery and power costs →
- $411,825.75Payment to UAMPS on Oct. 5, 2026, largest in the Sept. 22–Oct. 12 disbursement listingAuditing Beaver: what the council's 2026 records show about recovery and power costs →
- $122,991Beaver's annual UAMPS margins for the current year, reported Sept. 8, 2026Auditing Beaver: what the council's 2026 records show about recovery and power costs →
- $47,900Drinking Water Hardship Fund advance (a loan) for Baker Canyon waterline planningBeaver approves about $47,900 water advance for Baker Canyon line, structured as a loan →
- $8,000Monthly cost of the proposed shared Barker Leavitt consulting contractBeaver council favors a FEMA consultant paid on delivery after the county declines a shared $8,000-a-month contract →
- six monthsState-law limit on a moratorium cited by the city attorneyBeaver council agrees new EV charger requests will be told the city lacks capacity →
Debt and bonds
Beaver approves about $47,900 water advance for Baker Canyon line, structured as a loan
Beaver's council approved a Drinking Water Hardship Fund advance of about $47,900 to plan and engineer repairs to the culinary waterline damaged at the base of Baker Canyon. The agreement is a loan for now; the city intends to seek conversion to a grant.
Contracts and spending
Beaver council favors a FEMA consultant paid on delivery after the county declines a shared $8,000-a-month contract
After Beaver County declined to share an $8,000-a-month consulting arrangement for federal disaster aid, Beaver's council voiced support for a FEMA specialist paid only when federal funding is delivered. No contract or vote is recorded.
Other findings
Beaver council agrees new EV charger requests will be told the city lacks capacity
Beaver's council discussed its electric capacity after losing hydroelectric generation this summer. It decided new electric-vehicle charging requests will be told the city lacks capacity and that developers must provide the infrastructure.