At the January monthly meeting, citing multiple claims of the state not delivering funds owed to the town, Pelletter said, “They owe the town of Hanover $150,000. They throw money around, they owe us.”

Pelletter specifically brought up the $50,000 payment for the dissolution of Forestville again at the February Town Council meeting, with an update from Crino.

“I spoke with them again regarding that – that money is still there. It’s still waiting for us, it’s not going to go away, it’s not money that will expire,” Crino said.

Crino explained the holdup by stating, “There is a new requirement that managed to delay us again, that the State Comptroller’s Office has now, where we have to prove $50,000 in expenses.

Hanover Town Board member Lou Pelletter expressed his frustration with New York State in the process of awarding funds for the dissolution of Forestville into the Town of Hanover.

When we submitted this originally through Councilman Pelletter, we had given them the fronts of all of the checks of money that had been spent that added up to $50,000. There’s now a requirement that we also give them the back of the checks to show the cancellation.”

Crino now plans to bring the list of checks to the bank to request the back of each check in question. “Hopefully, they won’t give us an issue because it was technically Forestville at the time. It was their checks, which was dissolved into the Town of Hanover,” Crino said. “If not, I’m not sure what we’re going to do, but I’ll cross that bridge if we need to.”

Pelletter added, “From 2016 until I quit working on it … in 2020 — four years, 345 emails, and a three-quarter inch thick file, they never once asked for the backs of the checks. Apparently, that’s a new requirement.”

Pelletter also described how the state gave him a hard time over a submission in the past, stating they believed a document was not an original document because the ink made it look like it was a copy. “I asked them if they want it in pink, yellow, or red so they wouldn’t get confused,” said Pelletter. “It was just a game, and they haven’t played.”

The bpard also approved the purchase of a 2022 Dodge Ram 2500 Tradesman Crew Cab 4-by-4 pickup truck, including added options, from West Herr Chrysler Dodge Ram, Orchard Park, for the total cost of $65,645. West Herr Chrysler Dodge Ram was the only bidder to submit a bid, which was compliant with all bid requirements.

Also approved at the recent meeting was the payment of $5,000 to Evergreen Lawn Cemetery, of Hanover, to assist with the general budgetary expenses of maintaining the cemetery.

The next Hanover meeting has been moved to Tuesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.