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Brookfield select board signs paving contract, approves title‑search contract and municipal manifest
Summary
The board authorized $53,530 for paving Holly Lane and Roberts Road, approved a title‑search contract at $18.50 per property with Newfound Title Service Company, authorized collection of several current‑use change taxes, and accepted the manifest totaling $108,124.34.
The select board voted to authorize a paving contract for Holly Lane and Roberts Road with a contract total discussed in the meeting as $53,530. Speaker 11 presented the contract and Speaker 1 moved to authorize the expenditure; Speaker 4 seconded and the board voted in favor. The board agreed staff will sign and, if work is not completed this fall, will encumber the funds for next year.
The board also approved a contract with Newfound Title Service Company to perform title searches for properties subject to potential liens in 2025 at a fee of $18.50 per property. Speaker 1 described the contract as unchanged from 2024 and moved to approve; the board passed the motion.
Speaker 1 moved that the tax broker be authorized to collect current‑use change taxes on specified parcels (amounts listed at the meeting included $1,200; $6,500; $2,600; $5,750). The motion was seconded and carried.
During the financial review, Speaker 2 and others presented invoices and line items including a CAI Technologies web/GIS support renewal ($3,000), materials and services for conservation and road work, and a payment to the Governor Wentworth Regional School District ($94,197). Speaker 4 moved to accept the manifest totaling $108,124.34; the board voted aye.
Board members handled signatures and directed staff to forward originals to the tax collector and to the assessing office as needed.
