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Treasurer’s Office Targets Bond Corruption
Reprinted from the State Treasurer’s Website By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Treasurer Chiang and Senate Leader Kevin de León Announce Oversight Hearings into Bond Funds Chiang Also A … more
Agenda 7.c Refinancing 2005 Series B Bond
Another Lien and Additional 10 Years of Debt So Beaumont Staff Can Profit From Bond Sales. By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com On Tuesday’s Beaumont City Council Agenda is Item 7.c: Refin … more
Beaumont CMO Bonds – High-risk Mortgage-backed Bonds
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) are a high-risk type of mortgage-backed bonds By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) are a high-risk typ … more
Bond Fund Accounts – $132,403.77 Disappeared From 2012 Series A Bond in November, 2014
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com The City of Beaumont has started to post their bond fund accounts online: http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=925 The Bond Fund Accounts are th … more
Beaumont Check Warrants – No Checks and $260,544 to Urban Logic Consultants
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Check Warrants for the November 17the Council Agenda can be found here: http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/23933 There are no Checks list … more
Beaumont Bank Statements are Available Online – No Fund Accounts, No Reserves
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com The City of Beaumont has released the bank statements online: http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=925 There are no other Accounts. There are no … more
New Public Works Contract Laws
State Now Requires All Contractors to Register and Submit Electronic Certified Payroll Records Directly to the Labor Commissioner. By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Department of Indust … more
Missing Bond Fund Accounts
The City Will Have To Do It Over and Over Until They Get It Right By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com When municipal bonds are issued the Bond Trustee establishes Bond Fund Accounts as di … more
Comptroller of Currency Opens Case Against Union Bank
The Federal Comptroller of the Currency has Opened a Case Against Union Bank. By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com I received a letter dated January 22, 2015 from the Federal Comptroller o … more
Safe Yield for the Beaumont Basin is Half its Current Use
Safe Yield: 6,700 Acre Feet Per Year By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com The Beaumont Basin Watermaster released their Report on the Basin’s Safe Yield. The Report recommends Watermaster … more
Internal Controls 101: Check Signing
You Know Your Government Is Corrupt When The City Manager Refuses To Sign The Checks. By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Internal Controls 101: Two Signatures are required for each Gover … more
On This Date: CVAN vs City of Beaumont
Discussion on Lawsuit to Stop the Legacy Highlands Project Filed on February 2, 2009 By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com CVAN vs City of Beaumont 02/03/2009 Six Years ago today the Cherry … more
State Law Requires Traffic Impact Studies for Every Development
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com In a letter dated August 13, 2014, the Department of Transportation spells out the Traffic Impact Study (TIS) requirements. DOT writes: “As the owner a … more
Urban Logic Payroll: Payroll Records Do Not Match Invoice
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com A Public Records Request was submitted to the City of Beaumont for the Certified Payroll Records for all the Contractors involved in the City’s Sewer P … more
Blame It On Septic Tanks
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com On Wednesday, January 28th Beaumont will hold a Special Session to Discuss City Clerk and City Treasurer Job Description and Functions. There is also o … more
Fire Station Mitigation Fees
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Mitigation Fees are calculated by the total amount of funds needed divided by the amount of contributors; whether the contributors are developers or ta … more
Beaumont Emails: NPDES Compliance
Wildan Asks How the City Ensures Contractors Comply With NPDES, But No One Has an Answer By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com From: Elroy Kiepke Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 3:43 PM … more
Urban Logic Payroll: What Employees Earn and What They are Paid are Two Very Different Stories
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com State Law requires Contractors associated with government Sewers or Wastewater facilities to maintain and Certified Payroll Records. A Public Records R … more
Agenda Item 7.c New Mitigation Fees Schedule – Increased Mitigation Fees AND a 2% Surcharge on Every Fee
By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Agenda Item 7.c New Mitigation Fee Schedule The City of Beaumont is increasing Developer Mitigation Fees per house from $16,560.53 to $17,497.17. There … more
Agenda Item 7.g Plan for Salt Mitigation Facility and WWTP Expansion
City Attempts to Meet Water Quality Control Board Deadline With More Fluff By: Libi Uremovic| Original Article at Patch.com Agenda Item 7.g Plan and Schedule for Salt Mitigation Facility and WWTP Expa … more