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Clifton council approves October minutes and authorizes payments including BZA legal fees and Haunted Trail advance
Summary
At its Nov. 5 meeting the Clifton Town Council approved October minutes and the Treasurer's report and authorized six payments — including $9,175 in BZA-related attorney fees, a $7,000 advance to the Haunted Trail committee and a $3,250 FY2018 audit payment — in unanimous votes.
The Clifton Town Council on Nov. 5 approved its October meeting minutes and the Town Treasurer’s October financial report and authorized six vendor payments tied to recent legal and event costs.
Councilmember Darrell Poe moved to approve the minutes; Vice Mayor Steve Effros seconded and the motion passed on a 6-0 poll. Poe then moved to approve the Treasurer’s report; Mayor Bill Hollaway seconded and the report was approved 6-0.
The council then authorized payment of six items identified by Treasurer Marilyn Barton: attorney fees for the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) — $1,875 for August, $7,175 for September and $125 for October (totaling $9,175); $619.61 to ICR for appeals transcripts; a $7,000 advance to the Haunted Trail Committee; and $3,250 to White, Withers, Masincup & Cannaday for the FY2018 audit. Mayor Hollaway moved the authorization, Councilmember Darrell Poe seconded, and the roll-call vote recorded all six members as Aye.
Barton cautioned that the board’s supplemental financial reports include significant BZA-related legal expenditures tied to a pending appeal; the Treasurer’s October summary also listed total cash and investments of $1,264,913.04 on the consolidated balance sheet and noted a variety of line items and capital-improvement activity in attached reports.
On a related matter Barton said she had contacted the Director of Utility Property Tax Assessments after the Town received a form letter and was told the mailing was sent in error and that no allocation will be sent to Clifton; Barton said she has requested a confirming letter from the Commonwealth.
The council’s votes were procedural approvals of financial documentation and payments; no new policy or appropriation beyond the authorized payments was adopted at the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 8:33 p.m.
