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Select board adopts handbook revisions; narrow remote-attendance change excluded after dissent
Summary
The Brentwood Town select board approved grouped edits to the board operating guidelines and appendices but the proposed remote-attendance change drew a dissenting vote and was excluded from the adopted package (motion passed 4–1).
The Brentwood Town select board reviewed and voted to adopt a package of revisions to the select board operating guidelines and two appendices (meeting policy appendix B and appendix C) while excluding a specific proposed change to the remote-attendance policy. The chair moved to bundle the three documents for adoption; the motion was seconded and carried by roll call with one member voting no. That dissenting member had earlier expressed concerns that the proposed remote change was excessive; the chair confirmed the remote-policy change would be omitted from the adopted packet and asked that the meeting minutes note the reason for the deletion.
Board members discussed scheduling changes (meeting cadence from Memorial Day to Labor Day), minor agenda and addendum edits, and whether to approve the handbook items in batches; the board agreed to adopt the grouped revisions (excluding the remote-policy item) and directed staff to reflect the change in the minutes.
The board’s action was procedural and governance-focused; the transcript records the board’s roll-call outcome as "4 to 1" in favor, though a complete name-by-name numeric record is not fully transcribed in a single tally.
