Auditing Heber City
The Ledger's review of Heber City's budgets, audits, debt and redevelopment money. Every story in the series, sorted by subject, with the figures the records show and links to the official documents.
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Auditing Heber City: the tax vote, the power company and the records behind them
A records-only look at Heber City's fiscal 2027 budget and property-tax decision, and at Heber Light & Power, the electric utility whose board includes the city's mayor and two council members.
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- $69.3 millionHeber Light & Power revenue bonds payable, Aug. 31, 2026 (utility debt, not city debt)Auditing Heber City: the tax vote, the power company and the records behind them →
- $370,000Community Reinvestment Agency fund amount clarified at fiscal 2027 budget adoptionAuditing Heber City: the tax vote, the power company and the records behind them →
- 4.2%Certified tax rate increase adopted Aug. 18, 2026, instead of 4.8%Heber City adopts smaller property tax increase, citing power company dividend →
- $174,000Added property tax revenue estimated in the May 2026 proposalHeber City adopts smaller property tax increase, citing power company dividend →
- $2 millionDividend Heber Light & Power staff said the utility was eligible to issue (no board action July 22)Heber City's tax vote cited a power company dividend; the utility's statements show none paid through Aug. 31 →
- $80,000Cap in the failed one-year senior tax relief pilot motionHeber City's proposed senior property-tax relief pilot failed and was continued →
Budgets, reserves and taxes
Heber City's tax vote cited a power company dividend; the utility's statements show none paid through Aug. 31
Heber City cut its tax increase on Aug. 18, citing a Heber Light & Power dividend. A month earlier, the utility's board had taken no final action on a dividend it was eligible to pay, and its financial statements show no distributions through Aug. 31.
Heber City adopts smaller property tax increase, citing power company dividend
The council voted 5-0 on Aug. 18 for a 4.2% certified tax rate increase instead of the 4.8% proposed, and told staff to adjust revenues across the budget to make up the difference. The minutes do not state the final rate or the revenue it will raise.
Contracts and spending
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Other findings
Heber City's proposed senior property-tax relief pilot failed and was continued
A motion to start an $80,000, one-year property-tax relief pilot failed 2-3 on Aug. 18, and the council voted to continue the item. The council's Sept. 1 and Sept. 15 agendas did not list it.