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POWNAL â Fallout from the forced rescheduling of Pownalâs March 2 annual election continued to confront local officials and residents Wednesday as new arrangements were made to comply with state election requirements.
During an emergency meeting Tuesday evening, the Select Board heard details of a mailing error that resulted in about 1,100 town reports not being delivered to the right voter addresses.
Since the reports with annual ballot and budget information must legally be mailed to voters 10 days prior to an election, the board decided it must cancel the March 2 election and afterward set a new town floor meeting for March 29 and an election for March 30.
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POWNAL â The Select Board has released details of the townâs long-delayed fiscal 2019 audit report, and officials hope to have the fiscal 2020 report before the March 2 annual town meeting.
A separate forensic audit also was contracted for by the board in 2019, after board members heard concerns from the elected town auditors about possible mismanagement of accounts and town funds.
That report also hasnât been finalized, said board liaison Rebecca Dragon during a presentation on the audit situation Thursday.
The town is working through its attorney âto come to contractural completionâ with the forensic auditing firm concerning âsome of the documentation deemed incompleteâ by the Select Board, Dragon said. She added, âWe hope to shortly come to a resolution,â allowing the forensic audit to be made public.