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BAINBRIDGE – The village of Bainbridge has undergone the microscope of the New York State Comptroller for a conflict of interest among one of its now former trustees.

The Office of the New York State Comptroller reported in June that the Village of Bainbridge was audited on claims that one of its three trustees, the owner of a hardware store in the village, had dealings with the village government that provided him monetary benefit of $4,190 from 19 different supply contracts.

Doing so violated New York's general municipal law. And though the report “did not reveal any irregularities in pricing,” appropriateness is called into question, says the Comptroller's Office.

In response, Bainbridge Mayor Philip Wade said his village doesn't dispute the Comptroller's findings. The audit was done “in a fair and professional manner,” he said.