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Auditing Firm Moss Levy Hartzheim Part of ERMAC
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont’s Auditing Firm for 21 Years is Listed on ERMAC’s Website. The Auditing Firm of Moss Levy Hartzheim audited the City of Beaumont’s Financial … more
Brenda Knight’s Certification
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont Mayor Claims Wastewater Certification, but Refuses to Release Documents Brenda Knight Credentials Beaumont Mayor Brenda Knight states on the … more
City Speaks to Regional Water Quality Control Board
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Mayor Brenda Knight, Elizabeth Gibbs-Urtiaga, and Hisam Baqai address Board. Transcript from the Santa Ana Regional Quality Control Board Meeting July … more
Kyle and Adackapara Lied to Council
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Regional Board Engineer Gary Stewart: “City of Beaumont Currently Can Not Comply with TDS Limits.” At the July 21, 2015 Beaumont City Council Meeting … more
Beaumont’s June General Ledger
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The City of Beaumont has released the June 2015 General Ledger: http://publicdocs.beaumontcares.com/weblink8/browse.aspx?dbid=0 May Payroll for weeks … more
Can Free Summer Concerts Survive City’s Struggles?
By: Richard Montenegro Brown | Original Article at pe.com Each Wednesday in July, Brent Powell can be found relaxing in a comfy lawn chair under a shaded canopy, staking claim to the front row for tha … more
Water Quality Control Approved R8-2015-0026
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont’s Renewal of Waste Discharge Requirements and Master Reclamation Permit and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit The Santa … more
LAFCO Continues Warehouse Annexation to September 24th Meeting
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Developer Tells Commissioners of Plans of Zoning Change to Develop Logistics Warehouse The Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission once again cont … more
City Approves $32M in New Bond Debt
By: Richard Montenegro Brown | Original Article at pe.com Beaumont authorized up to $32 million in new bond debt to build water, sewer, streets and make other public improvements in three undeveloped … more
Three More Bonds For Beaumont
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Reimbursing Mitigation Fees is Latest Scam to Funnel Money Out of City Tuesday Night the Beaumont City Council voted to approve three (3) more bonds, … more
Beaumont Agenda Item 4.a: Pardee Homes Bond Debt
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com A Perfect Example of Beaumont City Council being Led Down the Rabbit Hole. Beaumont July 21, 2015 City Council Agenda Item 4.a: Pardee Homes Areas 8E, … more
Beaumont Agenda Item 4.h: $48,000 Sewer Penalty
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com 19 Violations Representing Over 330 Days of Violations Between January 2011 and September 2014. Beaumont City Council Agenda July 21, 2015, Item 4.h $ … more
Transparency Measures Helping City Move Forward
By: Richard Montenegro Brown | Original Article at pe.com Online documents, draft audits and a reordered agenda help a City Hall under fire be more accountable Beaumont City Councilman Lloyd White, as … more
Beaumont Illegally Transports Students
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The City of Beaumont Does Not Have Insurance to Cover Bus Service To and From Schools. It was disclosed at the July 7, 2015 Beaumont City Council Meet … more
What is wrong with this picture?
Letter to the Editor Written by Geoffrey Wilson, Reprinted from the Record Gazette To the Editor, Beaumont is a small but growing city of approximately 40,000 and the City Manager, now on paid leave, … more
Beaumont/Union Bank have No 2015 Series Bond Fund Accounts
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Reserves from the Old Bonds were Removed to Fund the New Bonds, but the Money Can’t be Traced. 2015 Bond Series A, B, C, and D The City of Beaumont/Un … more
Kyle Warsinski is Former Employee of Urban Logic
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Kyle Warsinski’s Resume lists Ernie Eggers and Dave Dillon as References The City of Beaumont has uploaded Staff Resumes onto the website: http://publ … more
City of Beaumont Has No City Engineer
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com HR Green Sends City of Beaumont a ‘Dear Jane’ Letter Declining the Position of Token City Engineer. On June 2, 2015 the City Council of Beaumont Appro … more
Beaumont Illegally Charges a Services Tax to Most Mello Roos Property Owners
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Mello Roos Bonds were established to provide funding to selected sections of a community. There is also a provision to acquire a larger bond to pay fo … more
Budget Badly Mismanaged, Report Says
By: David Danelski | Original Article at pe.com Beaumont’s finances have been so mismanaged that “strong controls are badly needed” to “deter and detect errors, fraud and theft,” and the city may not … more