Housing board votes to attach invoices to warrants

Housing Authority · Meeting of October 27, 2026

HADLEY — The Hadley Housing Authority voted to require itemized invoices on every future warrant after questioning a $14,088.11 monthly bill from managing agent Amherst Housing Authority. The board approved the September 2026 warrant, totaling $27,990.34, 4-0, then separately voted 3-0 with one abstention to require invoices attached going forward. Executive Director Pamela Rogers recommended the board review invoices and sign checks in person, but commissioners settled on attaching invoices instead.

One commissioner cited a disputed $400 showerhead purchase at the Watertown Housing Authority and said, "I want the invoices attached to the warrant. Because the invoices tell the detail." The board also voted 4-0 to create board member email addresses at $720 a year and voted twice, 4-0 each, to make minutes and policies available in a community room binder and online. Treasurer Rich Witkus attended his final meeting before retiring.

In the full story:

• Minutes Corrections and the Transcript-Minutes Debate
• Warrant Report Scrutiny and the New Invoice Policy
• Treasurer's Report Absent; Fiscal Year-End Ahead
• Unit Vacancies and Capital Projects: Golden Court, Berkway, and a Mold Discovery
• Work Order Report and a Privacy Lapse
• Administrative Business: Bylaws, Subcommittees, Email Addresses, Bank Accounts
• Board Correspondence and Welcome of New Member
• Minutes and Policy Availability to Tenants
• Board Transition: Rich Witkus's Retirement and Officer Elections Ahead
• Public Comment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,103 words

Source: the Housing Authority meeting of October 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.