OPINION ISSUED MAY 4, 2000

BELL ATLANTIC-WEST VIRGINIA, INC.
VS.
EDUCATION AND STATE EMPLOYEES GRIEVANCE BOARD
(CC-00-107)

Joseph J. Seasick, Jr., Attorney at Law, for claimant.
Joy M. Cavallo, 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 $224.96 for unpaid telephone charges for the fiscal years 1997 and 1998. The documentation for these services was not processed for payment within the appropriate fiscal years; therefore, claimant has not been paid. In its Answer, respondent admits the validity of the claim as well as the amount, and states that there were sufficient funds expired in the appropriate fiscal year from which the invoice could have been paid.
Accordingly, the Court makes an award to claimant in the amount of $224.96.
Award of $224.96.

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