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Brookfield voters approve package of zoning changes, budget and multiple warrant articles
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Summary
At the town meeting voters approved multiple ballot and warrant articles: seven planning-board-recommended zoning amendments (Articles 2—) passed by ballot counts reported by the moderator; a suite of governance, tax-credit and capital reserve measures (Articles 9 , 11 , 13, 18, 19) and the municipal budget (Article 20) were approved by voice vote.
The moderator read results of several ballot measures and then the meeting voted on multiple warrant articles. Key outcomes included:
- Ballot zoning amendments (Articles 2—): Article 2 (replace "family" with "household" and add a household definition) passed with 149 yes votes; Article 3 (allow attached ADUs and remove the interior-door requirement) passed with 150 yes votes; Article 4 (definition updates) passed with 153 yes votes; Article 5 (allow family and group childcare as accessory uses in the rural agricultural zone) passed with 151 yes votes; Article 6 (limit summer youth recreation camp residential facilities to two stories) passed with 163 yes votes; Article 7 (reduce multifamily workforce housing parking from two spaces to one per unit) passed with 126 yes votes; Article 8 (limit permanent sign size to 10 square feet and grandfather existing signs) passed with 153 yes votes.
- Governance and administrative articles: Article 9 (reduce supervisors of checklist term from six to three years) passed by voice vote; Article 10 (align Gaffney trustee term to three years) passed by voice vote.
- Tax and trust articles: Article 11 (veterans optional tax credit consolidation and adjustment) passed; Article 12 (elderly exemption increases and income/asset limit adjustments) passed after limited Q&A on asset reporting; Article 13 (discontinue Parks & Recreation equipment capital reserve fund and transfer approximately $70,700 to the general fund) passed.
- Capital and budget articles: Articles 14 and 15 (Moose Mountain Bridge design funding) passed; Article 16 (amended) and Article 17 (deposit to townhouse repair fund) passed as described in the separate article; Article 18 (add $50,000 to road and bridge repair CRF) and Article 19 ($9,000 for property revaluation trust) passed; Article 20 (municipal operations budget of $1,581,282) passed by voice vote.
The moderator read the official ballot counts where available and recorded show-of-hands tallies for a few amended or contentious items.
