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Selectboard approves $1 hourly raise for non-elected staff, OKs stipend and mileage for code enforcement

2955933 · January 7, 2025
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Summary

Brookfield Selectboard voted to raise hourly pay for non-elected employees to $20 starting Jan. 1, 2025, and approved a $600 annual cell-phone stipend and $700 mileage allowance for the town’s code enforcement contractor.

The Brookfield Town Selectboard approved a $1 hourly increase for non-elected town employees, raising the base hourly rate to $20 effective Jan. 1, 2025, and voted to provide a $600 annual cell-phone stipend and $700 annual mileage allowance to the town’s code enforcement officer.

The action addresses wages and compensation practices for town staff and a long-discussed allowance for the code enforcement position. Selectboard members debated timing and whether the increases should take effect immediately or after town meeting; the board settled on the Jan. 1, 2025 effective date for the hourly increase. A…

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