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Select Board holds UniFirst and CentOS invoices while contract validity is reviewed
Summary
The board agreed to withhold payment of invoices from uniform vendors UniFirst and CentOS after town counsel said a previously signed UniFirst contract may not be valid; the board voted to approve payment orders excluding those invoices pending further review.
The Select Board voted to approve payment orders at its Oct. 7 meeting but explicitly excluded invoices from UniFirst and CentOS pending resolution of contract validity and sizing/delivery questions.
Town counsel advised that a UniFirst contract signed previously without proper authorization may be invalid, and the board heard that CentOS invoices are partially unresolved because sizes and monogramming are outstanding. Committee member (speaker 6) moved to approve payment orders "minus invoices for Unifirst and CentOS until we get clarity on what phone we wanted," and the motion passed. Board members asked staff to continue outreach to vendors to resolve orders or reach agreement on alternate procurement.
The board also discussed whether to formally include the invoice exclusions in motions going forward and asked finance staff to prepare clear vendor documentation before releasing payments.
