Speaker 1 (unidentified meeting participant) read a bills manifest and announced a total of $17,380.49, then moved to accept it. "Total of the manifest, $17,380.49. I make a motion we accept the manifest as presented," Speaker 1 said. The motion was approved by voice vote; the transcript records an affirmative response of "Aye," but the exact vote count or names were not provided in the record.

Speaker 2, who led a line-item review, read vendor payments and reimbursements that included line items for Brookfield Historical Grounds, utilities and contractors, and a noted refund/overpayment to Beacon Trust for about $40. Speaker 2 also reported an additional $9,126 owed for December and listed other routine disbursements. The transcript contains a mixture of rounded and specific amounts as read aloud by speakers.

On payroll, Speaker 1 questioned whether the payroll amounts were quarterly, monthly or weekly. Speaker 2 explained that pay schedules vary by position and said the town plans to move to a biweekly payroll next year to prevent employees from being paid in advance of work performed. "We're going to biweekly, so it should balance out," Speaker 2 said. The board did not record a formal vote on the payroll cadence during this meeting; the change was discussed as a forthcoming administrative action.

Speaker 4 announced that "Mary Lou will come in on the seventh, to justify her $2,500," flagging a specific budget request for the next meeting. The transcript does not record further detail about the purpose of that $2,500 request.

Later in the meeting Speaker 1 moved to enter a nonpublic session citing "91 a l" for consideration of legal advice; the motion was seconded and members answered affirmatively during a roll-call-style poll recorded in the transcript. The board also agreed to freeze (seal) certain meeting minutes for two years. Speaker 3 explicitly confirmed the sealing under "'91 a l legal advice." The transcript records the statutory reference as given by speakers but does not provide a full, conventional statutory citation (for example, RSA 91-A) or additional context about the legal matter discussed in nonpublic.

The meeting closed after the nonpublic motion and the board adjourned. Announcements before the end included an FYI about an NHMA webinar on Class 6 Roads scheduled for January 16 and brief exchanges about meeting audibility and hearing aids.

Votes at a glance

- Motion to accept the manifest as presented (total announced $17,380.49): approved by voice vote; vote tally not specified in the transcript.
- Motion to enter nonpublic session citing "91 a l" (legal advice) and to seal minutes for two years: approved; vote tally not specified in the transcript.

The board scheduled Mary Lou to appear at the next meeting on the seventh to justify a $2,500 request and noted the payroll cadence change to biweekly as an upcoming administrative change. The transcript does not disclose named maker/second for every motion or exact vote counts, and the nonpublic matter was not described on the public record.