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Brookfield selectboard discusses using reserve fund to finance Moose Mountain bridge repairs
Summary
Selectboard members outlined a plan to fund Moose Mountain bridge repairs from a mix of trust funds and the towns undesignated fund balance, with engineering work paid from existing trust funds and a potential $500,000 repair estimate to be presented in a 2027 warrant article; members asked for a detailed financial analysis before committing.
The Brookfield selectboard spent the bulk of its meeting discussing funding options for repairs to the Moose Mountain bridge, including a proposal to use a portion of the towns undesignated fund balance.
The chair told the board the towns unexpended fund balance was about $800,000 as of 2025 and described past practice of using part of that balance to reduce the tax rate in October. He said the engineering, design and bid-package work for the bridge would be paid from existing Moose Mountain trust funds so that no new tax levy would be needed in 2026 for design work. "This is simply an alternative plan to be considered," the…
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