Select Board signs off on bills but flags large paving payment and signature threshold
Summary
The board approved a batch of bills that included a roughly $400,000 payment to a paving contractor but noted the paving budget line is overextended and asked the treasurer to confirm whether two signatures are required for payments above the board's threshold.
The Select Board reviewed and approved a batch of vendor invoices but flagged one large payment to a local paving contractor for just under $400,000. Members asked whether two signatures are required for checks above a specified threshold and whether the payment had been drawn from the correct fiscal-year account.
"I think we're spending more on paving than is in this budget," a Select Board member said, noting the paving line appears overextended and asking the treasurer for documentation of prior-year allocations and whether the charge was correctly applied across fiscal accounts.
The board approved the bills with a note to review whether two signatures were required for that vendor payment and asked staff to supply the relevant account sheets so the board can confirm budget status.
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