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North Smithfield council approves $2.89 million in year-end payments
Summary
The North Smithfield Town Council voted Dec. 16 to approve payment-of-bills totaling $2,887,953.12, covering general fund, ACH payables, sewer and water, stipends and debt service; council members agreed the apparent register discrepancies were timing and debt-service items.
The North Smithfield Town Council voted Dec. 16 to approve the town’s year-end payments totaling $2,887,953.12.
Councilor (identified in the transcript as S3) moved to approve the bills listing a general fund payment of $107,015.87; ACH payables of $272,264.74; sewer and water payments of $252,299.75; library stipend of $42,382.83; school department payment of $1,844,290.93; fire department payment of $345,324.00; and debt-service ACH payment of $24,375.00. The motion was seconded and passed on roll call (all members voting yes on the record).
Finance staff explained that items that initially appeared to duplicate in the register were timing and debt-service entries posted in different reports; the entries reconcile when debt service is included in the column totals. Council also asked for follow-up on line-item questions raised during the review, including two OpenGov annual software charges that staff said were split across departments and an ARPA-funded Comstock rehabilitation payment.
Council was advised there will be no payment-of-bills vote at the council’s first January meeting because accounting will roll year-end small-dollar items forward.
The council took the vote as part of routine business and moved on to other agenda items.
