Watchdog Kirkwood seeks audit of electric department after financial turmoil From the Tracking Kirkwood鈥檚 financial crisis: Full Post-Dispatch coverage series Seth Nelson | Post-Dispatch Jul 2, 2026 Jul 2, 2026 0 Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Learn More SMS Email Print Copy article link Save KIRKWOOD 鈥 The city government here is seeking an audit from an outside firm to investigate what went wrong in the troubled electric department.kAmz:C<H@@5 @77:4:2=D 42==65 E96 DE2E6 2F5:E@C鈥橠 @77:46 =2DE H66<[ 4:EJ 25>:?:DEC2E@C s2CC6? {2>3 D2:5 2E 2 %9FCD52J r:EJ r@F?4:= >66E:?8[ 2?5 2C6 2=D@ H6:89:?8 H96E96C E@ D6?5 @FE 2 42== 7@C 2 AC:G2E6 7:C> E@ 368:? E96 :?G6DE:82E:@?]k^AmkAm鈥%9:D 4@F=5 36 D6?E :? 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Its new administrator is looking forward to the 'challenge.' In this Series Tracking Kirkwood鈥檚 financial crisis: Full Post-Dispatch coverage Aug 7, 2026 Kirkwood parks face cash crunch after loans on public works, arts buildings Jul 25, 2026 House caught fire after Kirkwood ran out of cash to trim trees near power lines, suit says Jul 20, 2026 Costs keep rising for Kirkwood's new public works building, hit almost $40 million 13 updates Previous Next 0 Comments Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox! Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Seth Nelson | Post-Dispatch Metro Reporter Author email Follow Seth Nelson | Post-Dispatch Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Related to this story Kirkwood lied about firing two top officials, paid them $360K to leave After Kirkwood Electric spiraled into crisis, city officials fired two people they believed responsible. But publicly, the city claimed they h… Kirkwood assistant administrator leaves for job in Crestwood David Weidler will start as Crestwood's new city administrator on Aug. 17. He's taking over from interim city administrator Jonathan Williams. Kirkwood's streets need fixing. Crisis in the electric department is slowing progress. It's the latest fallout from a crisis that blindsided city officials last year, when Kirkwood Electric announced it had gone millions over budget. Kirkwood council meeting gets contentious as city pitches 25% water rate increase A meeting of the Kirkwood City Council grew contentious聽 as council members debated whether to increase residents' water rates by 25% over the… Costs keep rising for Kirkwood's new public works building, hit almost $40 million The Kirkwood City Council approved another $500,000 last week, for security systems, for the聽new public works building on Leffingwell Drive. House caught fire after Kirkwood ran out of cash to trim trees near power lines, suit says David and JoAnn Borella claim Kirkwood Electric ignored their requests for nearly two weeks to have the tree limbs trimmed before the fire on Sept. 6.
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Kirkwood lied about firing two top officials, paid them $360K to leave After Kirkwood Electric spiraled into crisis, city officials fired two people they believed responsible. But publicly, the city claimed they h…
Kirkwood assistant administrator leaves for job in Crestwood David Weidler will start as Crestwood's new city administrator on Aug. 17. He's taking over from interim city administrator Jonathan Williams.
Kirkwood's streets need fixing. Crisis in the electric department is slowing progress. It's the latest fallout from a crisis that blindsided city officials last year, when Kirkwood Electric announced it had gone millions over budget.
Kirkwood council meeting gets contentious as city pitches 25% water rate increase A meeting of the Kirkwood City Council grew contentious聽 as council members debated whether to increase residents' water rates by 25% over the…
Costs keep rising for Kirkwood's new public works building, hit almost $40 million The Kirkwood City Council approved another $500,000 last week, for security systems, for the聽new public works building on Leffingwell Drive.
House caught fire after Kirkwood ran out of cash to trim trees near power lines, suit says David and JoAnn Borella claim Kirkwood Electric ignored their requests for nearly two weeks to have the tree limbs trimmed before the fire on Sept. 6.
