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Gadsden County seniors foundation asks clerk to release $27,000; county attorney says board cannot direct constitutional officer off-agenda
Summary
At a packed commission meeting the Gaston County Senior Citizen Foundation asked the board to direct the clerk to release a withheld allocation. County attorneys told the commission a vote to direct a constitutional officer to disburse funds would be illegal unless put on a properly advertised agenda.
Members of the Gaston County Senior Citizen Foundation and several long-time senior center users pressed the Gadsden County Commission on Tuesday to release funds the nonprofit says the county budgeted for senior activities.
Reginald Cunningham, a foundation representative, told the commission the foundation was owed about $27,004.34 from a $40,000 annual allocation the board approved in prior years and asked commissioners to direct the clerk to disburse the remaining balance.
"We're asking the board to go ahead and direct the clerk to give the foundation the remaining $27,434," Cunningham said during public comment (transcript figures vary; Cunningham told the board the shortfall was roughly $27,004.34).
County Attorney David Baptiste told the commission the board could not legally take that action at the meeting because directing a constitutional officer to spend or disburse funds…
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