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Council approves budget fixes after winter-salt procurement errors
Summary
West Chester Borough Council approved budget modifications and an interfund transfer to cover salt purchases after staff acknowledged procurement mistakes that led to paying a non-lowest bidder; estimated extra cost to the borough was roughly $2,000–$5,000.
West Chester Borough Council on a 3-0 vote approved a budget modification and a separate transfer to reimburse funds after Public Works purchased winter road salt from a vendor that was not the awarded low bidder.
The actions rectify two problems: a $92,673.42 charge the borough recorded to pay for salt out of the general fund rather than the typical liquid fuels fund, and a $44,195.58 transfer from the general fund to the liquid fuels fund to reimburse 2024 salt purchases. Council recorded the approvals as “call it 3-0.”
The council…
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