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Board members question $31,000 pavilion electrical line, say full vote needed
Summary
At Ancram's budget workshop, a board member said a $31,000 pavilion electrical line and prior $50,000 pavilion allocations lacked specifications and formal board approval, urging the topic be removed from the budget until the board votes.
A committee member pressed the town to remove a proposed $31,000 line for electrical service at the pavilion from the draft budget, saying the expenditure arrived without published bids or specifications and should be an explicit board decision rather than a line item. "I think this should be something that the town board votes on, not be a line item in the budget," the committee member said.
Presenters and other members confirmed the packet showed only one bid and that a copy of a single proposal existed, but said no formal board vote had been recorded. Participants discussed options including leaving the pavilion line in the draft with a $0 amount to preserve the code while preventing spending until bids and specifications are reviewed. The group also noted a separate RFP process for solar panels, and questioned why some projects get advance RFPs while others appear as budgeted line items without prior board action.
