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City Hall, consulting firm, city manager’s house searched
By: Craig Shultz, Erin Waldner, David Danelski and Ali Tadayon / Staff Writers| Original Article at pe.com Beaumont City Hall, the office of a city consultant and two homes were raided by county and f … more
FBI, local prosecutors raid California city’s government offices
By: townhall.com/Reuters| Original Article at townhall.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Local prosecutors and FBI agents raided city government offices in Beaumont, California, and the premises of a manage … more
Beaumont Council Agenda – Increase Sewer Fees, Dissolve PASIS, and Three Sewer Plant RPF’s
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont Council Agenda April 21st 6.a.1 Sewer and Refuse Rate Increase 7.a. Refinancing Area 16 Bond 7.b. Refinance Area 18 Bond 7.c. Repeal of Ordin … more
BERGONOMICS 101 REVISITED
By: Robjamco | Original Article at patch.com Bergonomics 101 Good morning class this is a story of Municipal M. You may ask just what does the “M” stand for. This is a very good question and I believe … more
State Approved Only $44,796 of the $125,000 Claimed by Beaumont – Finance Director Aylward Lied
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com At the March 23, 2015 Audit Workshop Beaumont Finance Director William Aylward, in an attempt to slip and slid around why the City doesn’t pay the $2. … more
Transparent California – Why is James Gregg paid Twice?
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com On January 1, 2015 Transparent California went into effect. Every California local agency is required by law to provide a link from their website to t … more
Beaumont’s March General Ledger – $25,000 for a Custom Pool and a Race to Repay Money
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The City of Beaumont’s March General Ledger has some interesting entries. For some reason there seems to be a rush to repay money ‘borrowed’ from the … more
Steiner Group Part Two: What Is the City Paying For?
Councilmen Orozco and White Continue the Question the Validity of Contract and Company. By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Orozco: On the original contract it lists particular CFDs that … more
Steiner Group Part One: Hiding Urban Logic
Kapanicas Contacted Lana Steiner Group to Form Another Dummy Corporation to Hide Money Funneled to Dillon and Moorjani. By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com The Steiner Group Inquisition … more
City Manager and Attorney Lie About Check Warrant Process
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Last month the Beaumont City Council pulled a Check issued to the Steiner Group from the Warrant Register only to find out that the Check had already … more
The Record Gazette fails to report April 7 City Council Meeting
By: Jack Smith | Original Article at patch.com Evidently the Tuesday City Council meeting does not rate coverage from our community newspaper. Not a single word of print in the April 10 issue of the R … more
Beaumont City Attorney Aklufi/Wysocki Gone
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont, CA— City Attorney David Wysocki of the legal firm Aklufi and Wysocki requested the City Council consider his resignation and retirement from … more
Beaumont Calls Special Closed Session
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont City Council has called a Special Closed Session for Tuesday, April 14, 2015. This Meeting will start at 4:30 pm instead of 6:00 pm Closed Se … more
Budget Workshop Scheduled for April 27th Without a Budget
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com With less than three months remaining in this fiscal year; the City of Beaumont has not released a proposed 2015/2016 Budget. The City has a Budget Wo … more
Disclosing the Transit Audit the Day After Council Rejects Financial Statements
Too Little Too Late By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Beaumont Transit System Financial Statements Dated June 30, 2014 This financial statement was signed by the Auditing Firm of Moss … more
Beaumont Council Votes Down Audit
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Congratulations to Beaumont Councilmen White, Orozco, and Lara for voting to reject the 2013-2014 Financial Statement prepared by the Auditing Firm of … more
Fund Accounts the City Maintains, But are the City’s Liabilities, Not Assets
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com At the March 23rd Beaumont Audit Workshop Finance Director William Aylward claimed the LAIF misstatements were due to the addition of PASIS (Public Ag … more
Beaumont City Council has Three Major Reasons to NOT Approve the 2014 Financial Statements
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com Council will be asked to Approve the 2014 Financial Statements at the April 7th Council Meeting. Council has already paid the Auditing Firm $35,000, b … more
City Wants to Exchange Mitigation Fees for Roads and Sewers for Warehouses
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com On July 2, 2013 City Council Agenda: Hidden Canyon Industrial Park City attempted to Change the Hidden Canyon General Plan from Residential to Industr … more
BCVWD to Implement State Water Restrictions, But Doesn’t Mention the Basin Plan Restrictions
By: Libi Uremovic | Original Article at patch.com BCVWD Agenda April 8 Item 4 Resolution 2015-02 Implementing Urban Watch Conservation Emergency Regulations Issued by the State Water Conservation Cont … more