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Brookfield Selectmen approve $1.45 million budget, multiple land-use and tax actions
Summary
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Brookfield Board of Selectmen approved a $1,454,015 operating budget, corrected warrant-article line items and authorized several land-use and property-tax actions, including a disabled property tax exemption.
The Brookfield Board of Selectmen on Feb. 4 approved a proposed operating budget of $1,454,015 and a series of related warrant articles and municipal transactions, the board said during its regular meeting.
The budget vote concluded discussions the board held after a public hearing the previous week. Selectmen also approved corrections to warrant-article line items the board said had been entered at incorrect amounts during budget preparation.
Votes at a glance: Map 28, Lot 2 — approved a land-use change coming out of current use; tax due $3,800. Map 4, Lot 8A — approved a land-use change coming out of current use; tax due $4,090. The board authorized a disabled property-tax exemption for Map 4, Lot 23‑A; the motion as recorded in the meeting text authorized $39,800. The board approved prior meeting minutes (Jan. 7 and Jan. 21, 2025), accepted revisions to the municipal building (townhouse) rental application that fold in cleaning fees and waive fees for certain nonprofit/town uses, and approved the accounts payable manifest totaling $209,245.26.
Budget and warrant details: During the meeting the board described two line-item corrections to warrant articles that had been mistakenly entered at $15,000 each. One item was corrected to $5,000 and the other to $25,000, a transfer the chair said corrected a $10,000 misallocation in the draft warrant.
Procedural notes: Motions in the meeting were carried by voice vote; roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript. Where amounts or text differed during discussion (for example, the disabled-exemption amount was described in discussion as $39,000 but the motion recorded on the floor used $39,800), the board voted on the motion as spoken on the record.
Other administrative items approved included the warrant articles dated Feb. 4, 2025 and routine municipal payments and credits listed on the manifest. The board also acknowledged receipt of an audit filing submitted to the New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) and indicated the next required submission would follow after tonight’s approvals.
The meeting concluded with selectmen signing approved documents and noting several items to revisit at the next meeting.
