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Select Board signs election and town-meeting warrants; schedules public hearing on citizens’ petition
Summary
The Select Board signed two warrants for the upcoming town election and town meeting, discussed a citizens’ petition that requires a three-fifths vote and scheduled a public hearing; the board also approved the consent agenda and discussed childcare at town meeting.
The Brentwood Select Board signed two warrants notifying inhabitants of the town election and town meeting, approved the consent agenda and set logistics for the upcoming town meeting, including a scheduled statutory public hearing for a citizen’s petition.
At the start of the meeting the board approved payroll and accounts payable for the period, recording payroll of $32,502.37, accounts payable of $35,717.95 and a Swayze payment of $245,000. The board then approved the consent agenda (which included public minutes from Feb. 11, sealed nonpublic minutes from Feb. 11 and building permits) by voice vote.
Andrea, the town administrator, presented two warrant documents for signature: one specific to the town election notice and one containing the 11 warrant articles (nine standard warrants and two citizen petitions) that will appear at town meeting. Board members moved and seconded the signatures and the warrants were signed. The administrator confirmed the warrant posting date (Feb. 20) and said the documents meet Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) posting expectations.
The board discussed a citizens’ petition concerning a tax cap; Andrea said DRA review required that the petition show the statutory requirement that a three-fifths vote is needed for passage, and the board confirmed the wording had been corrected in the posted version. The Select Board also scheduled the statutorily required public hearing on that citizens’ petition for the board’s meeting on Feb. 25.
Town meeting logistics were discussed: the board confirmed volunteers for limited babysitting (two volunteers able to supervise approximately 15 children aged 5 and older), discussed possible overflow locations if attendance is high (including Exeter High School, noting transportation and additional budget implications), and noted candidates’ night and election dates (candidates’ night Wednesday, town election on the 11th, town meeting on the 15th). The administrator said the board would address a conflict between budgeted town-communications funding and a citizens’ petition that separately listed a dollar figure in the warrant and aimed to follow up with the newsletter editor to avoid double appropriation.
Ending: The warrants were signed and posted; the board left the public hearing schedule intact for Feb. 25 and asked staff to confirm the citizen-petition wording and to post town-meeting childcare information on the town website.
