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The clerk for Twin City Water works has submitted an affidavit saying the utility is paying its bills and sending no money to the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

"During that time that I have been overseeing TCWW's books, there have been no improper payments to third parities, no payments to the FLDS Church and no unusual disbursements," wrote the clerk, Sarah Olds in an affidavit.

The affidavit was filed as part of a court motion opposing a plan to put Twin City Water into receivership. The United Effort Plan, the state-run trust that owns much of the land in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., says Twin City Water has been pumping UEP wells without compensation and has been sending money to the FLDS and its leader, Warren Jeffs.

The UEP has cited bank records showing the utility wrote checks totaling $145,103.82 to the "Bishop's Storehouse" from January 2002 through October 2009, as well as a letter from the former administrator of Twin City Water in which he tells Jeffs about using utility money to help pay his family's bills.

The motion to put Twin City Water into receivership is before Utah 3rd District Judge Denise Lindberg. No hearings are scheduled in the matter.

Meanwhile, the Utah State Auditor this week gave The Tribune its decision on whether to audit Twin City Water. The answer: wrong state.

The auditor did a preliminary investigation in 2014 and learned Twin City Water is incorporated in Arizona, according to documents the Utah State Auditor provided to The Tribune.

The Utah State Auditor also considered whether it could conduct an audit if Hildale controlled the utility. Hildale City Manager Vincent Barlow and Treasurer Richard Barlow told auditors the town treats Twin City Water like a vendor, does not appoint members to its board and just buys water and occasional maintenance from it. When the auditors were told that, according to documents, they determined they couldn't audit Hildale's role in the utility.

There's also discussion in the Utah State Auditor documents about how Twin City Water is charging users a rate of 69.3 cents per 1,000 gallons. The Washington County Water Conservancy District, which serves other cities in Washington County, charges 84 cents per 1,000 gallons.

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