West Windsor’s annual audit has produced only one finding —or criticism — of the township’s financial report for 2009.
Councilwoman Linda Geevers reported the news during the December 20 meeting before the council voted to accept the annual audit.
According to Business Administrator Robert Hary, the one finding was a discrepancy in the township’s reporting of an expenditure under Public Assistance because the expenditure did not have adequate supporting documents. However, this will not be a problem next year because Mercer County now handles Public Assistance matters.
Road Project Extensions. The Township Council also approved the township’s application for extensions to five grants West Windsor received from the state Department of Transportation to help with road projects around town.
According to the resolutions, the township has to file for an extension of time by February to retain the money to be able to use the funding when the time comes to award contracts for the projects.
The projects include the first phase of the Village Road West Reconstruction; Wallace Road improvements; the South Post Road Bikeway; the second phase of the Penn Lyle Road Reconstruction; and the Dutch Neck Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Improvements.
According to Business Administrator Robert Hary, the township intends to go out to bid for all of the projects in the spring. The reasons the township has not used the money yet is because when the township received the money, the grants did not coincide with the township’s road improvement schedule, as configured in the township’s capital project plan.
