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Limerick select board debates finances, audit work and appoints payroll clerk
Summary
At its June 30 meeting the Limerick select board spent extended time on municipal finances, questioned the treasurer's actions and the town's audit trail, engaged forensic/accounting review, approved appointment of a payroll clerk and approved several routine items including a sign purchase.
After the public hearing closed, the select board resumed regular business and devoted much of the meeting to the town’s financial controls, audits and invoices.
Board members and residents raised concerns about unclear bank reporting, a rescue‑billing account that had not been segregated as intended, and whether payroll and warrants had been properly handled. One selectman described a history of irregular reporting and pressed the board to hire accounting help while attorneys and a forensic reviewer work through documentation. The board reported it has engaged attorneys and forensic/accounting reviewers and has reassigned payroll responsibilities; Courtney Alexander was appointed payroll clerk by motion and unanimous voice vote.
Members discussed tax‑anticipation notes, CDBG drawdown invoices for the Deep Veil construction project (roughly $318,538 in total invoices reported by a board member), and procurement items. The board approved a $350 sign order from RSD Graphics to replace the town sign and voted to allow a business‑park sign change. A motion to approve payroll warrants was discussed and deferred so members could review documents; other routine agenda items (department reports, transfer station hours for the July 4 holiday and appointment interviews) were handled or scheduled.
Several board members urged immediate steps to stabilize daily bookkeeping and requested regular printed account summaries. The board said it has already removed payroll duties from the treasurer and that legal counsel is reviewing alleged overpayments; no final legal finding was reported at the meeting. The board also discussed whether to pursue SRF or drinking‑water program grants if extending public water is needed in contaminated areas, but stated no concrete funding decisions were made at this meeting.
Under new business the board set interviews, scheduled a mobility‑management workshop and agreed to a number of routine municipal motions before adjourning.
