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Finance Committee presses administration for contract transparency as audits lag and ARPA funds are designated
Summary
Committee members raised concerns that some union contracts were approved by selectmen and sent to town meeting without Finance Committee review, requested contract comparisons and legal review of unclear signatures, received an update that auditors are prioritizing the FY23 audit, and were told there is no unencumbered ARPA balance to allocate.
Town of Blackstone finance committee members spent a substantial portion of the meeting pressing for greater transparency around recently approved union contracts and seeking clarity on related funding, while also receiving audit and ARPA updates.
S3 reported the Department of Public Works (DPW) contract was approved by the Board of Selectmen and that a special town meeting is expected to appropriate funding. S3 said clerical and dispatch union contracts remain unsettled. Several committee members expressed frustration that fire and police contracts had been approved by selectmen…
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