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Brentwood treasurer tells select board $111,704 in impact fees collected this year; $97,000 distributed
Summary
Treasurer Ambrose Kisa briefed the Brentwood Select Board on how the town collected and distributed impact fees for the year, clarifying that $111,704 was collected in 2025 and $97,000 had been distributed to departmental escrows, and explaining the planning-board role and the 2022 fee study that sets current rates.
At a Select Board meeting, Brentwood Town Treasurer Ambrose Kisa told the board that the town collected $111,704 in impact fees so far this year and has distributed $97,000 to departmental escrow accounts.
Kisa said, “So if you for for the board, if you look at what has come in right now is 111,000 $111,704. And out of that, only 97,000 has been distributed.” He explained that $14,472 had arrived recently and would be routed to the appropriate escrow accounts.
The board and members of the public pressed for detail about how the fees are calculated and where they go. Kisa and other officials explained that the town uses an impact-fee schedule based on a 2022 update and that the planning board adopts the specific allocation chart that directs funds to police, library, recreation, fire, schools and the Town of Brentwood building account. Kisa said that, administratively, impact-fee receipts are first deposited to the general fund and then transferred to the designated escrow accounts for each eligible capital facility.
Residents and board members raised questions about the apparent distribution levels — for example, that recreation and fire received larger allocations than police in the current distribution table — and urged the planning board to review the schedule if members believe it warrants adjustment. Resident Liz Free and Select Board members recommended the planning board reopen its review sooner than the typical cycle.
Kisa flagged Riverrun Development and London Construction LLC as major payers this year; board members noted the year-to-year totals: the town distributed about $124,000 in 2024 and received $111,704 so far this year. One resident’s earlier reference to larger cumulative sums (the meeting cited a figure of roughly $600,000) was discussed: officials said cumulative receipts over many years could reach that magnitude but the town’s current reporting shows the amounts above for recent years.
The board asked the treasurer to provide more detail on which departmental escrow accounts had received the distributions and to supply the one-page schedule from the 2022 report that shows the dollar splits for each capital facility. Officials noted state law requires that impact fees be used only for capital facilities necessitated by new development, and that the town maintains an annual reporting obligation on collections and uses.
The board did not take formal action on the fee schedule at the meeting; members recommended that the planning board review the allocations and that the treasurer supply a written breakdown of the 2025 receipts and the current escrow balances.
The Select Board thanked Kisa for the presentation and invited further documentation for the public record and for the planning board’s review.
