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Committee approves transfer to cover Board of Appeals legal fees
Summary
The committee approved a transfer from Planning to the Board of Appeals/zoning to encumber and pay outstanding legal invoices related to a 53G residential project; staff said the applicant has not paid and the town will pursue collection.
Staff explained that a planning department 53G residential project has incurred legal fees that the applicant has not paid and the Board of Appeals requested funds to cover those invoices. The staff representative said planning can transfer funds to zoning, the town will encumber the funds and pay the legal bills, and then seek collection from the applicant.
A motion to approve the transfer was made and the committee conducted an oral vote; members named in the roll call (Sue, Peter, Ron, Tom, Jake Stebbins) voted in the affirmative. The clerk later identified the transfer amount in the record as approximately $8,072; the transcript contains a fragment ("$8,072. $1.02") that appears to be a transcription error, so the committee-approved amount is reported here as the value stated aloud during the meeting.
Staff said legal and collection work will continue after payment; there was no further detail in the meeting about the office that will lead collection or a timeline for recovery. Committee members did not request further documentation during the vote and no member objected on the record.
