OPINION ISSUED JANUARY 18, 1988

CAPON BRIDGE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER
VS.
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

(CC-87-400)

No appearance by claimant.
Robert D. Pollitt, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:

This claim was submitted for decision based upon the allegations in the
Notice of Claim and
respondent's Answer.

Claimant seeks $40,500.00 for payment of invoices which were incurred by
claimant pursuant
to a contract with the respondent under the Governor's Community
Partnership Grant Program.
In accordance with the contract, the claimant began a furnace and roof
project for the which
claimant incurred invoices for services. The respondent admits the
validity and amount of the
claim and states that there were sufficient funds in respondent's budget
for the appropriate fiscal
year with which the claim could have been paid; however, the respondent
was unable to make
payment as the State Auditor returned the transmittal to the respondent
with the explanation that
the Treasury of the State of West Virginia lacked sufficient funds to
process the transmittal.

The Court has reviewed the petition, Answer, and contract and finds the
State agency had
sufficient funds within its appropriated budget to pay the claim and
finds that the claimant is
entitled to an award from the respondent. However, respondent indicated
in its Answer that
claimant is entitled to $8,849.00 as the Governor has awarded claimant a
grant to help pay for
renovations to the Senior Center.

In view of the foregoing, the Court makes an award in the amount of
$8,849.00.

Award of $8,849.00.