Tracking Kirkwood’s financial crisis: Full Post-Dispatch coverage
As Kirkwood's parks director warns of upcoming resource challenges, here's a look at ongoing Post-Dispatch coverage of the city's financial troubles.Â
(13) updates to this series since
A floundering Kirkwood Electric, a costly public works building and a new performing arts center are starting to put stress on Kirkwood's parks department.
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.
The Kirkwood City Council approved another $500,000 last week, for security systems, for the new public works building on Leffingwell Drive.
A meeting of the Kirkwood City Council grew contentious as council members debated whether to increase residents' water rates by 25% over the next decade.
After Kirkwood Electric spiraled into crisis, city officials fired two people they believed responsible. But publicly, the city claimed they had retired instead — and paid them to leave.
From the editorial board: Kirkwood's mayor and others admit lying to the public about firings. What else is left to say?
Mark Petty was run out of Detroit under circumstances remarkably similar to what unfolded under his watch 20 years later at Kirkwood Electric.
It would mark the second time officials investigated Kirkwood Electric's finances, after the utility announced last year it had gone $15 million over budget and contributed to citywide budget turmoil.
City leaders who dropped the ball are still dropping it. Call in state auditors.
A lack of oversight allowed Kirkwood's electric department to overspend by millions of dollars last year and contributed to citywide budgetary turmoil, an internal report says.
Deb Lavender, Sheila Burkett and Justin Arnold were on track to win council seats, according to early election results as of 7:30 p.m.
Kirkwood is at a crossroads, voters and candidates say. Sales taxes are down. Costs are up. And utility costs are prompting debate over whether the city can afford them.
For years before it crashed, officials used Kirkwood Electric's money to repair roads, build their new performing arts center and purchase the city's new public works building.
