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Lehigh Township delays contractor final payment pending completion and testing
Summary
Supervisors recorded a motion to withhold Vision Mechanical’s Final Payment Request #12 for the municipal maintenance building until advertised probes and thermometers are installed and tested; the recorded vote was split and the minutes do not record a final majority-approved outcome.
The Board of Supervisors recorded discussion on April 22 about withholding payment to Vision Mechanical for the township’s new maintenance building while final items are completed.
Manager Alice Rehrig told the Board that probes and thermometers were scheduled for installation on Saturday, April 26. Supervisor Cindy Miller moved to deny Payment Request #12 until the work has been completed; David Hess seconded the motion and said the township was holding $45,233.45.
The minutes record that Miller and Hess voted in favor and that Vice Chairman Jerry Pritchard and Supervisor Janet Sheats opposed the motion; the document does not record a final majority outcome or a tie-breaker vote. Supervisor Sheats suggested authorizing Manager Rehrig to release payment once testing is complete. Miller said she preferred to wait until everything is installed and tested.
The Board did not record a separate final disbursement or a formal authorization in the April 22 minutes. The matter remains contingent on completion and testing of the items Rehrig identified; the Board discussed but did not document an explicit delegation of release authority that would immediately release funds.
