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Selectmen approve payroll, warrants, contracts and set May 9 special town meeting
Summary
The Town of North Brookfield Board of Selectmen approved payroll and multiple warrants, signed contract amendments and licenses, and set a special town meeting for May 9 to allow budget transfers and clean up negative balances.
The Town of North Brookfield Board of Selectmen voted on April 8 to approve payroll and multiple warrants, authorize contract amendments and licenses, and set a special town meeting for Friday, May 9.
The actions included approval of payroll number 2 for $372,602.82; school warrant number 1083 for $185,572.92; general warrant number 1084 for $104,550.92; wastewater treatment plant upgrade warrant number 1085 (amount described during the meeting); and CDBG MB21 warrant number 1087 for $162,041.16. The board also approved smaller spending requests, contract amendments and new business licenses during the session.
Selectmen said the May 9 special town meeting is intended to allow departments and town finance staff extra time to clear negative balances and make necessary transfers ahead of the annual town meeting in June. Town officials said the date was chosen so the town accountant can complete end‑of‑year transfers and adjustments.
Votes at a glance - Approve payroll number 2: $372,602.82 — approved (mover/second not specified; aye votes recorded). - Approve school warrant 1083: $185,572.92 — approved (mover/second not specified). - Approve general warrant 1084: $104,550.92 — approved (mover/second not specified). - Approve wastewater treatment plant warrant 1085 (amount discussed in meeting) — approved (mover/second not specified). - Approve CDBG MB21 warrant 1087: $162,041.16 — approved (mover/second not specified). - Approve senior center cleaning request: $400 — approved (mover/second not specified). - Approve highway pipe purchase: $3,000 — approved (mover/second not specified). - Sign contract amendment No. 1 with Haley Ward for the Mount Pleasant Street project — approved (mover/second not specified). - Remove Connie Moore from the Cultural Council for missed meetings — approved (mover/second not specified). - Re-sign change orders with the contractor (Tekton/Tac Ton) for electrical and roof work — approved (mover/second not specified). - Sign new licenses for ND Enterprises (owner: Nick Dupree, formerly Dupree Recycling) — approved (mover/second not specified). - Set special town meeting for Friday, May 9 — approved (mover/second not specified). - Accept verbal resignation of Paul LeBlanc from LPAC — approved (mover/second not specified). - Sign fiscal year 2025 CDBG application for South Common neighborhood improvements (application amount discussed as $850,000; project budget referenced as $535,000; administration $75,000) — approved (mover/second not specified).
Most motions were made and seconded during the meeting; roll‑call vote tallies by individual selectman names were not provided in the public transcript. The board repeatedly used the meeting’s consent routine for warrants and routine business.
The board meeting packet and warrant documentation were referenced during the session but detailed line‑item back‑up for some large figures — including the wastewater treatment borrowing amount discussed on the warrant — were not read into the record and were described during the meeting as available separately.
The board also noted committee reports and administrative items that will be carried to future meetings, including capital improvement planning committee proposals that the selectmen said will return as specific warrant articles for consideration at special and annual town meetings.
