Does the County Highway Superintendent need to sign the 284 agreement to spend town highway funds?
Question: Does the County Highway Superintendent need to sign the 284 agreement to spend town highway funds?
Answer:
There is no requirement to have the County sign the 284. That requirement was dropped decades ago, but it still in shown on many versions of the form.
Here is the text of the law. (my highlights)
NYS Open Legislation | NYSenate.gov
Highway Law ยง 284. Expenditures for repair and improvement of highways. The moneys
levied and collected for the repair and improvement of highways,
including sluices, culverts and bridges having a span of less than five
feet and boardwalks or renewals thereof, the moneys received from the
state, as provided by sections two hundred seventy-nine and two hundred
eighty-two, and such other moneys as the town board, by resolution,
shall have transferred pursuant to section one hundred thirteen of the
town law or pursuant to section two hundred eighty-five-a of this
chapter shall be expended for the repair and improvement of such
highways, sluices, culverts, and bridges and walks, at such places and
in such manner as may be agreed upon by the town board and the town
superintendent of highways. Such agreement shall be written and signed
in duplicate by a majority of the members of the town board, and by the
town superintendent, before the same shall take effect. One of such
duplicates shall be filed in the office of the town clerk and one in the
office of the county superintendent. Such moneys shall be paid out by
the supervisor on vouchers approved by the town superintendent in
accordance with such written agreement.
A copy should be filed, but this is not done in many cases and would not be a reason to not pay a voucher.