HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4267        FILED ON: 6/2/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4168

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

David Paul Linsky and Richard J. Ross

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act authorizing the town administrator of the town of Sherborn to approve warrants for the payment of town funds.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

6/2/2014

Richard J. Ross

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

6/2/2014


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4267        FILED ON: 6/2/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4168

By Representative Linsky of Natick and Senator Ross, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4168) of David Paul Linsky and Richard J. Ross (by vote of the town) that the town administrator of the town of Sherborn be authorized to approve warrants for payment from town funds.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act authorizing the town administrator of the town of Sherborn to approve warrants for the payment of town funds.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

The Town Administrator shall be the fiscal officer of the town for the purpose of approval of warrants for the payment of town funds prepared by the town accountant in accordance with the provisions of the general laws and submitted to the Town Administrator.  The approval of such warrants by the Town Administrator shall be sufficient authority to authorize payment by the town treasurer, but the Board of Selectmen shall approve warrants for payment or reimbursement of the Town Administrator, and all warrants in the event of the absence of the Town Administrator or a vacancy in the office of the Town Administrator.

All warrants for payment shall be made available to the members of the Board of Selectmen at the same time the warrants are forwarded to the Town Administrator. Any member of the Board of Selectmen may discuss any matter that is on a warrant for payment with the Town Administrator, and, if not satisfied that an item on a warrant is appropriate for payment, may ask the chair of the Board of Selectmen to place the matter on the next Board of Selectmen agenda, provided that such meeting is held within fourteen days after the warrant was issued, at which the Board of Selectmen shall consider and may, to the extent permitted by law, vote to disapprove such item. Any item for payment so disapproved by the Board of Selectmen shall not be approved for payment by the Town Administrator.”