Can the township board refuse to pay a legally incurred bill for the road district?
No. The township board has an obligation to approve all legally incurred bills to the extent that there is an appropriation in the road district budget for the expenditure and that the proper order for payment has been submitted by the highway commissioner and countersigned by the township clerk. Conversely, the township board has an obligation to reject payment of any road district bills that are not legally incurred debts.