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Newburgh board approves audit and $1.5M appropriation tied to Voting Rights Act settlement
Summary
The Town Board approved a $1,163,501.54 audit and authorized appropriating $1.5 million of fund balance to cover a consent-judgment-related legal expense tied to the Voting Rights Act of New York State; the appropriation increases 2025 General Fund spending in legal-litigation defense.
The Town Board of the Town of Newburgh approved its annual audit of $1,163,501.54 and voted to appropriate $1.5 million of fund balance to cover legal costs tied to a consent judgment related to the Voting Rights Act of New York State.
Town Accountant Ronald E. Clum asked the board to increase the 2025 adopted budget by appropriating $1.5 million to expense line A.1420.5403 (Legal—Litigation Defense) to record the settlement. Councilman Scott M. Manley moved to approve the appropriation; Councilman Anthony LoBiondo seconded. The motion passed 5–0.
The audit approval and the appropriation were handled as separate motions. The audit motion, moved by Manley, passed unanimously. Clum said the appropriation was needed “upon settling and signing the consent Judgment Decree in regards to the Voting Rights Act of New York State” to carry the expense into the 2025 General Fund; the minutes record no additional budgetary breakdown.
The board also approved routine Justice Court unclaimed funds (a $1.00 unclaimed bail item listed in the Fine Account). The minutes show the board handled these items during the accounting portion of the workshop; no further public discussion or conditions were recorded.
Next procedural steps: the appropriation will be reflected in the town’s 2025 General Fund expenditures; the town clerk’s office and accounting staff will carry out the budget amendment and related documentation.
