Voting on Board expenditures

[Guest Barbara Mullally]

Can a committee spend funds without a vote of the Board to do so?  Example: there is a line item in the budget for landscaping.  Can the committee spend that amount without bring a proposal to the full Board?

[Richard Brown]

4 minutes ago, Guest Barbara Mullally said:

Can a committee spend funds without a vote of the Board to do so?  Example: there is a line item in the budget for landscaping.  Can the committee spend that amount without bring a proposal to the full Board?

That is a question not covered by RONR.  Whatever authorization a committee has to spend funds will depend on your own bylaws, rules, customs and procedures.  In some organizations, having a line item in the budget is all the authorization that is needed for the  appropriate officer or committee to spend the funds fur the intended purpose.  In other organizations, or in certain circumstances, specific authorization still must still be granted by the society, the board, or some officer such as the president or treasurer.