Montgomery County board approves treasurer's report, confirms item and enters closed session

Montgomery County board members voted to approve the treasurer's report, confirmed an unspecified item and then voted to enter a closed session during the meeting.

The treasurer reported that the county's statement of net assets showed little change from the prior month but that the county's cash decreased through February because funds had been received in a prior year. The treasurer said an accounting transaction reflected a town-paid incentive that was reported in the county's general fund; the town's payment is being applied as part of a match for a water line and some funds are being used for park improvements. When a board member asked whether the net was negative, the treasurer said yes, attributing the shortfall to using cash received in a different fiscal year.

Board members moved and seconded a motion to approve the treasurer's report; the motion passed on a voice vote. Earlier in the meeting the board voted to "confirm" an item that was not identified in the public transcript; one member abstained from that confirmation, saying, "I'd like to abstain from that vote because I wasn't here." The meeting record then shows a motion, second and voice vote to go into a closed session for the reasons stated on the agenda; the board entered the closed session.

The transcript does not identify the confirmed item or provide the agenda language explaining the closed-session reasons in the public record. The treasurer's references to an "incentive" paid by the town, a town match for a water line, and the phrase "For COVID 18" appear in the transcript as spoken; the precise program names, account codes and dollar amounts were not specified in the public portions of the meeting.

No additional formal actions, ordinance numbers, contract identifiers or dollar amounts were recorded in the publicly available transcript excerpt.