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BCVWD Seeks Public Input on Water Supply and Drought Issues

The Beaumont Cherry Valley Water District (BCVWD) will host a public forum/workshop to discuss water supply, drought restrictions and long term planning issues following the regular Board of Directors … more

ERMAC Insurance Comparisons

By: Libi Uremovic, August 31, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com ERMAC Covers the Cities of Beaumont, Laguna Hills, Santa Maria, & Hayward ERMAC provides coverage to four (4) cities: Laguna Hill … more

WRCOG Confirms 7% Interest Rate

By: Libi Uremovic, August 27, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com Letter From WRCOG Lawyer Confirms Interest Rate Will Be 7% and Debunks City of Beaumont Lies. Click on image to enlarge [notice]Downl … more

The ‘Form A Committee’ Distraction – Again

By: Libi Uremovic, August 24, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com City of Beaumont Uses A Page From The Gateway Playbook To Distract From Releasing the Internal Controls Report From the City of Beaum … more

Beaumont Council Approves $25 Million Bond

By: Libi Uremovic, August 20, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com Agenda Item 7.a.11 Removed Noble Creek Area 25 From Calendar and Agenda Item 7.c Approves CFD 25 and $25 Million Bond Debt. The Augus … more

August’s Beaumont Council Agenda

By: Libi Uremovic, August 18, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com AGENDA ITEMS: Agenda Item 7.a.5 Add Section 5.27 to Chapter 5 of the Beaumont Municipal Code “Application Process” This application w … more

ERMAC: Beaumont ‘Self Insurance’

By: Libi Uremovic, August 16, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com ERMAC is Owned By Risk Manager James Gregg and City Manager Alan Kapanicas The City of Beaumont is ‘Self Insured’ through ERMAC; Excl … more

Beaumont Lies About Interest Rate On WRCOG Lawsuit

By: Libi Uremovic, August 16, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com WRCOG Specifically EXCLUDES Beaumont’s use of Civil Code Section 3287(c) The City of Beaumont’s web page ‘Just the Facts’ states: “To … more

Managed Water or Managed Growth

By: Lloyd White, August 15, 2014 | Original Article From the State Water Resources Control Board July 15 press release: In response to the ongoing severe drought, on Tuesday the State Water Resources … more

What is the real rate of interest on the WRCOG $43 million judgment?

By: Lloyd White, August 7, 2014 | Original Article From the day the WRCOG (Western Riverside Council of Governments) judgment concerning TUMF (Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee) was announced, the … more

Beaumont Refused to Release Internal Controls Report

By: Libi Uremovic, July 29, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com The City of Beaumont is still refusing to release the 2013 Internal Controls Report that was released by the Auditing Firm of Moss Levy … more

City Manager Charged Home Owners Mitigation Fees

By: Libi Uremovic, July 27, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com Beaumont City Manager Admits Developers Did Not Pay Mitigation Fees At the July 15, 2014 Beaumont Council Meeting the City presented ‘C … more

It’s 5th Grade Math

By: Libi Uremovic, July 24, 2014| Original Article at Patch.com Convert Decimals to Percents Quick Method: move the decimal point 2 places to the right and add a “%” sign! Example: Convert 0.35 to per … more

Internal Controls

By: Libi Uremovic, July 24, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com At the 109:15 minute mark Beaumont City Finance Director William Alyward and Council talk about internal controls and hiring an outside … more

Beaumont Accounting “Just the Facts”

By: Libi Uremovic, July 22, 2014| Original Article at Patch.com From the City of Beaumont’s Webpage: “Just the Facts” Posted on: July 22, 2014 JUST THE FACTS: Today’s rate of 0.11% on a $43,000,000 ju … more

City Releases 2013 Audit, but Not Internal Controls Report

By: Libi Uremovic, July 22, 2014| Original Article at Patch.com The City has released the 2013 Audit, but not the Internal Controls Report. http://www.ci.beaumont.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=218  

$104 Million Financial Condition

By: Libi Uremovic, July 22, 2014 | Original Article at Patch.com The following changes were made to the Beaumont GAAP Audit. Auditors’ Report Page 2 Emphasis of Matter: The Auditors added the line “.. … more

Cali Govt Code 1090

By: Libi Uremovic, July 18, 2014| Original Article at Patch.com California Government Code 1090:  Members of the Legislature, state, county, district, judicial district, and city officers or employees … more

City Refuses To Release Audit & Internal Controls Report

By: Libi Uremovic, July 18, 2014| Original Article at Patch.com When the City of Beaumont released the Agenda listing Item 7.a.14 Approval of 2013 GAAP Audit Judy requested a copy of the Audit and Int … more

Beaumont Attempts to Justify Mello Roos

By: Libi Uremovic, July 17, 2014| Original Article at Patch.com At the July 15, 2014 Beaumont City Council Meeting the City did a Presentation titled; “The CFD Mello Roos Community Facilities Act of 1 … more