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Board approves $110,000 supplemental appropriation from trust for Eno Memorial Hall parking work
Summary
The Board voted unanimously to accept a $110,000 supplemental appropriation from a trust to pay for pavement and safety improvements at Eno Memorial Hall after the entrance project scope changed and available project savings will be returned to the trust.
The Board of Finance on Sept. 16 approved a supplemental appropriation of $110,000 from a trust to fund pavement and safety improvements at Eno Memorial Hall.
Why it matters: voters originally authorized bonded work for entrances and pavement at Eno Memorial Hall. When the entrance work came in under budget and the scope changed so only one entrance can be completed, staff proposed returning the unused entrance funds to the trust and receiving those trust funds back to finance the parking/pavement work. The board described the maneuver as legal and necessary to comply with transfer restrictions in the town budget rules.
What the board approved
A motion to "approve a supplemental appropriation for Eno Memorial Hall parking and safety improvement project in the amount of $110,000 from the trust" carried unanimously. The change does not move money between existing budget appropriations; instead, savings from the entrance work will be returned to the trust and re‑appropriated to pay for the pavement.
Board discussion and next steps
Board members and staff clarified that the project originally included two entrance renovations (one from the parking lot and one on the opposite side), that only one entrance will be completed because of higher combined costs than expected, and that the trustee transfer and supplemental appropriation keep the town within the letter of the law. The Selectmen will be asked to confirm the scope change because the project is a bonded item and scope adjustments require Selectmen action under the town's project procedures.
Outcome
Motion passed unanimously; staff said they would submit the formal revisions to the board of selectmen for the bond‑project scope change and complete the appropriation from the trust prior to the paving work.
