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Brentwood select board approves encumbrances for fire gear, sets $35,000 salt budget buffer
Summary
The select board approved encumbering outstanding fire gear ordered in 2024 and voted to set aside $35,000 to secure this winter’s salt supply, while holding several other encumbrance requests pending legal or administrative review.
The Brentwood Town Select Board voted to encumber funds for outstanding fire gear and approved a $35,000 encumbrance to shore up the town’s salt contract, actions intended to close 2024 obligations and provide a safety buffer for winter operations.
The board approved an encumbrance tied to a late-delivered fire-gear order. The total order acknowledgement shown in the packet was approximately $47,883.13; the board had already pledged $24,000 of American Rescue Plan Act money toward the purchase and voted to encumber the remaining $23,883.13. Select Board members moved and passed the motion without a roll-call tally recorded in the transcript.
The board also debated how to protect the town against running short on salt during a winter season after cutting the line-item salt budget to $45,000 earlier in the budget process. Members discussed alternatives — encumbering directly for the salt contract, moving funds into the…
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