Auditing Riverdale
The Ledger's review of Riverdale's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money.
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Background
Auditing Riverdale: what we're examining and why
The Ledger is reading Riverdale city's budgets, audits, redevelopment schedules and fire-transition records. Here is what the city's budget worksheets and audited statements show.
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Riverdale's summer contracts: an 11-bid waterline award, a road project and a two-year trash renewal
Between June and July, the City Council awarded a waterline contract to the lowest of 11 bidders, authorized up to $821,746.14 for a 300 West road project and renewed its Robinson Waste contract for two years.
Timeline
- Riverdale's summer contracts: an 11-bid waterline award, a road project and a two-year trash renewal
- Riverdale's tentative budget proposed a $120,000 property tax increase
- Riverdale approves $186,197 sale of 5.91 acres near Peacock Ridge to canal company
- Riverdale council denies early release of $210,000 in Coleman Vu Estates subdivision security
- Riverdale's move to Weber Fire District: the projected savings, the corrected hearing and the open terms
Latest updates
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Riverdale's summer contracts: an 11-bid waterline award, a road project and a two-year trash renewal
Between June and July, the City Council awarded a waterline contract to the lowest of 11 bidders, authorized up to $821,746.14 for a 300 West road project and renewed its Robinson Waste contract for two years.
- Politics
Riverdale's tentative budget proposed a $120,000 property tax increase
Riverdale's May tentative budget proposed raising property tax revenue by $120,000, or 6.89%. On June 16 the City Council unanimously accepted the certified rate of 0.001386 calculated by the Weber County Auditor, and the draft minutes do not mention an increase.
- Politics
Riverdale approves $186,197 sale of 5.91 acres near Peacock Ridge to canal company
The City Council voted 4-0 on Aug. 18 to sell about 5.91 acres the city bought in 2024 to the Davis & Weber Counties Canal Company. Staff said the sale would protect a steep hillside and the adjacent canal.
- Politics
Riverdale council denies early release of $210,000 in Coleman Vu Estates subdivision security
The City Council voted 5-0 on July 21 to deny a developer's request to use about $210,000 of the roughly $810,000 guarantee the city holds for Coleman Vu Estates before the remaining amenities are finished. Staff had recommended denial.
- Politics
Riverdale's move to Weber Fire District: the projected savings, the corrected hearing and the open terms
Riverdale city staff projected about $1 million a year in savings from moving fire service to the Weber Fire District. The district repeated its hearing after finding a notice step had been missed, and the city's tax offset, building lease and employee terms are not yet in a public agreement.