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Votes at a glance: Select Board approves consent agenda, encumbrance changes, mutual aid signature and nonpublic session

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Summary

At the Feb. 4 meeting the Select Board approved the consent agenda (including payroll and accounts payable), signed an intent to cut, authorized a mutual aid signatory, approved one encumbrance, reversed another, declined a third, and voted to enter nonpublic session for hiring and legal.

The Brentwood Select Board took a string of routine formal actions during its Feb. 4 meeting. The board recorded the following outcomes:

• Consent agenda approved — The board approved the consent agenda that included payroll and accounts payable for the period ending Feb. 5: payroll $36,476.11; accounts payable $78,394.28; ACH payments noted in the packet included $245,000 to Swayze and $709,932 to the co-op. The motion to approve the consent agenda was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote.

• Intent to cut signed — The board voted to sign an intent to cut for approximately 10 acres on South Road (lot number on file). Motion moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.

• Mutual aid contract signature authorized — The board moved and seconded a motion authorizing Joe Byrd to sign a mutual aid agreement (described as covering major emergency mutual aid responses). The motion passed by voice vote.

• Encumbrances — The board approved a conservation committee encumbrance (approximately $3,000 for a contractor) and reversed a previously approved library salary encumbrance (the board voted to rescind that encumbrance and advised the library to find alternate budget sources). The board declined to encumber funds for the recreation department project (no motion made; staff told rec the encumbrance would not be approved).

• Nonpublic session — The board voted to enter nonpublic session for hiring and legal matters. Roll call recorded Andy: Aye; Paul: Aye; Lettie: Aye; Chair (moved by chair): Aye. The board entered nonpublic at 6:31 p.m.

No motions in this meeting were recorded as failed or tabled.