Massena board approves $1.98 million in invoices, lease-purchase for highway truck

The Massena Town Board on June 17 approved Warrant #6, authorizing invoice payments totaling $1,978,951.61 across multiple funds. The warrant listing included a $1,564,440.12 entry for the SRW South Racquette Water District; check numbers listed were #54731–54803, with direct-pay (ACH) and manual checks itemized separately. The motion was made by Adrian Taraska, seconded by Jared Hollander and passed unanimously.

Separately, the board approved a 5-year lease-purchase for a 2025 International HV507 truck with Tenco Dump Body, plow and spreader for a listed equipment cost of $240,162.98; the minutes state the lease will be $55,886.00 per year for five years. That action was taken as Resolution 106-2026, with Sam Carbone moving and Adrian Taraska seconding; the roll call was unanimous.

The board also authorized a set of cash transfers and budget adjustments under Resolution 113-2026: $500 transfers to accounts earmarked for insurance deductible shares (Donald LaBaff and Dale Peets Jr.), a $7,690.62 transfer from the Supervisor Office account to the General Fund to cover a TSA lease for April–June 2026, an $18,529 reimbursement tied to Barton & Loguidice, D.P.C. invoicing, and a $22,000 transfer into a publicity contractual account to cover fishing-tournament promotional overruns. The board approved closure of a retiree checking account for Elaine Dunne-Thayer.

All motions and financial items referenced in the meeting minutes include recorded movers, seconders and roll-call votes showing unanimous approval. The minutes do not indicate offsets, reimbursements from external sponsors for the large water-district line item or additional detail on financing beyond amounts shown.