Select Board advances FY25 expenditure transfers including $20,894 for transfer-station testing to advisory review

HAMPTON, July 21, 2025 — Town Accountant Cliff Bombard presented the fiscal year 2025 expenditure recap and proposed transfers to close out the year, and the Select Board moved to submit the list of suggested transfers to the advisory committee for review and endorsement. Bombard said the net journal adjustments were modest given the town’s overall budget and identified several lines where departments either overspent or had remaining balances, including temporary help and office equipment lines. He noted some departments were seeing unanticipated overtime or buyback payments and that some line-item coding between similar accounts (for example, IT equipment vs. office equipment) had blurred reporting. On the transfer station line, the accountant identified a proposed transfer of $20,894.12 to cover monitoring and testing; the board discussed using excess catch-basin cleaning funds to cover the transfer if needed. A Select Board member moved that the board approve the transfers as outlined by the accountant and submit the proposed list to the advisory committee for their approval and endorsement before final action. The board agreed to forward the transfer list for advisory review; the motion was moved and the board arranged to sign the necessary documents following advisory review. Ending: The board chair asked staff to verify vendor records for recurring contracts (catch-basin cleaning and street sweeping) and to reconcile water district testing and transfer-station monitoring charges before final reconciliation and transfer execution.