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Commissioners approve $3.63 million construction warrant despite questions over $19,000 in vendor reimbursements

2309653 · February 14, 2025
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Summary

Rockingham County commissioners voted Feb. 13 to approve a $3,633,721.52 off-cycle warrant to Houghton Construction Corporation for the Harvey project after commissioners raised concerns about roughly $19,000 in vendor reimbursement entries that lacked invoice backup.

Rockingham County Commissioners voted Feb. 13 to approve an off-cycle payment of $3,633,721.52 to Houghton Construction Corporation for work on the Harvey construction project, despite at least one commissioner objecting to several reimbursement entries that lacked receipts.

The payment was presented as an off-cycle accounts-payable warrant. A commissioner noted the warrant included about $19,000 in reimbursement requests from the contractor that…

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