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Select Board approves pay orders; discusses $290,000 returned to state and $340,000 incoming for storm recovery
Summary
During pay-order review the board noted it must return $290,000 to Vermont (related to an earlier FEMA project) but that the Department of Public Safety has issued a $340,000 final obligation for December storm recovery projects; board approved pay orders and said incoming funds will offset the return.
The Select Board reviewed and approved pay orders June 8 and discussed a notable budget item: the town will return roughly $290,000 to the State of Vermont tied to an earlier FEMA-funded project that the board subsequently withdrew from FEMA consideration. A presenter explained the town had concluded the work would have forced an inferior reconstruction and that returning the funds was necessary after engineering review.
At the same time the presenter said the town had received final obligation and approval for roughly $340,000 from the Department of Public Safety for storm-recovery projects related to December storms, and that those incoming funds would more than offset the amount being returned. The board discussed applying the incoming obligation to projects including Spoles Road, West Jamaica Road and Turkey Mountain Road. The pay orders, timesheets and the financial motions on the warrant were approved by voice vote.
