Poestenkill board adopts credit-card and drug-testing policies, establishes banking resolution

At its meeting, the Poestenkill Town Board approved a set of finance and personnel policies intended to modernize municipal purchasing controls and ensure compliance with state law.

The board authorized the town supervisor to open and maintain a municipal credit card account with a stated credit limit of $10,000 and discussed controls requiring itemized receipts and supervisor or deputy supervisor monitoring. The board also adopted a formal credit-card use policy to regulate issuance, monitoring and auditing of cards in compliance with New York municipal law.

Separately, the board adopted updated drug and alcohol testing policies covering federally regulated commercial drivers (CDL) and non-CDL employees and a drug-free workplace program. Members said the updates reflect changes in testing vendors and an effort to re-enroll employees in a state program for driver-license checks.

The board also reviewed a resolution naming authorized town depositories to simplify future banking transitions; this item was presented as standard organizational housekeeping.

Votes: The credit-card account resolution and the credit-card use policy were presented and approved (vote recorded). The drug-and-alcohol testing policy was accepted by roll-call vote after discussion of CDL versus non-CDL requirements. The board also approved the motion to pay general, water and highway bills; specific bill totals were read into the record though some amounts are garbled in the transcript and should be verified against official minutes.