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2 <br /> The amounts received were applied against the various contracts, and <br /> the balances remaining to be reimbursed to the town, upon the approval <br /> of certificates of completion, are as follows: <br /> Contract Number State County <br /> 24444 $491.83 $245.92 <br /> 26123 950.00 475.00 <br /> 26837 265.45 132.75 <br /> 27690 7,500.00 3,750.00 <br /> 28674 21,400.00 59200.00 <br /> The expenditures under the contracts were further verified <br /> by comparing the records of the town accountant and town treasurer <br /> with the records available at the District Office #7 of the Commonwealth <br /> of Massachusetts, Department of Public Works, in the town of Middleboro. <br /> The expenditures charged to the Snow and Ice account were <br /> examined and checked. In this connection, the examination of the <br /> paid vouchers disclosed that the highway department did not comply <br /> with the provisions of Section 1 of Article IX of the by-laws of the <br /> town, which read as follows: <br /> I <br /> "On all contracts for labor, materials, supplies <br /> equipment, merchandise, or other articles wherein the <br /> amount involved is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or <br /> more, the board, department, committee or officials <br /> of the town in charge of the expenditure of such <br /> money, shall be required to submit the awarding of <br /> the same to public bid and no expenditure shall be <br /> permitted of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or in <br /> excess thereof unless the same shall have been awarded <br /> upon public bid." <br />