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Bullhead City Council accepts clean audit, approves equipment purchases, raises city manager pay and directs gas-line action
Summary
The Bullhead City Council unanimously accepted the fiscal 2024-25 audit, approved three equipment and procurement items totaling about $492,700, authorized a 10-year island license agreement, raised the city manager's salary to $245,000 and directed staff to withhold approvals and oppose utility rate filings until removal of an above-river gas pipeline is resolved.
The Bullhead City Council met in regular session and unanimously accepted the city's audited financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, approved several municipal purchases and contracts, increased the city manager's salary and directed staff to press natural-gas companies over an abandoned pipeline crossing the Colorado River.
Auditor Brian Hemmerly, the lead audit partner with Baker Tilly, told the council the city received an unmodified ("clean") opinion on its financial statements and that the federal single-audit of tested grants also produced a clean opinion. Hemmerly highlighted that the general fund increased by about $6.7 million year-over-year, that the water fund showed an operating deficit of roughly $200,000, and the wastewater fund showed operating-related decreases (Hemmerly pointed council members to the Management's Discussion & Analysis for detailed trend information).
"You did receive an unmodified opinion on those financial statements," Hemmerly said during his presentation. Following the…
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