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Trustee questions on minutes and bill payments surface during Sheffield meeting
Summary
At the July 8 meeting Trustee Barry attempted to add revised language to the June 10 minutes about a final payment; the board approved the minutes as originally presented 4-1-1. Barry also questioned payment timing for bills, referencing a Pohar payment; trustees rejected limiting payments to the meeting date.
Trustee Barry sought to have a revision about the final payment to John Pohar and Sons inserted into the June 10 meeting minutes. He read his proposed revision aloud during the July 8 meeting. Adams, seconded by Corwin, moved to approve the June 10 regular meeting minutes as presented by Clerk Ries. Roll call: AYES — Adams, Price, Taylor, Yepsen; NAYS — Barry; ABSTAIN — Corwin. The motion carried 4-1-1.
Separately, during a motion to approve July 8 bills and payroll, Trustee Barry argued payments should be limited to the meeting date except for purchases necessary to keep Village departments functioning, citing a Pohar check that had been approved previously and paid. The board approved bills and payroll on a 4-1 vote; Barry was recorded as the lone no vote.
The minutes record the procedural outcomes but do not reproduce Barry’s exact revision text in full beyond his reading into the record; they also do not indicate any follow-up to change the June 10 minutes after the vote.
