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Bradford approves payroll and accounts-payable warrants, uses reserve funds for used fire-rescue truck purchase
Summary
The Selectboard approved payroll warrants #11 and #12, passed accounts-payable warrant #13 and authorized a wire transfer from the Fire Apparatus Reserve to buy a used fire-rescue truck, and approved tax abatements totaling $11,250.17. A legal invoice will be paid partly from unspent 2025 funds.
At its March 2 meeting, the Town of Bradford Selectboard approved several financial measures, including payroll and accounts-payable warrants, a transfer from a reserve fund to buy a used fire-rescue truck, and a slate of property tax abatements totaling $11,250.17.
Boardmember Edward Nevells moved to approve payroll warrants #11 and #12; Boardmember Terrie Allen seconded. The board recorded four votes in favor and one abstention by Boardmember Carlene Oakes on the payroll motion. Separately, Boardmember Carlene Oakes moved and Boardmember Randy Margraf seconded to approve accounts-payable warrant #13 and to authorize a wire transfer from the Fire Apparatus Reserve for purchase of a "new-to-us" fire-rescue truck; that motion passed with all in favor.
On abatements, Boardmember Randy Margraf moved and Boardmember Carlene Oakes seconded to approve a list of abatements covering multiple accounts and years (including exemptions for the State of Maine and University of Maine accounts and adjustments related to deleted or burned mobile homes). The board approved total abatements of $11,250.17.
The board also approved payment arrangements for a Rudman Winchell invoice: Boardmember Edward Nevells moved and Boardmember Randy Margraf seconded to use $7,956 from the unspent 2025 legal budget (line item E-10-11-04), with the remainder to be paid from the 2026 legal budget; that motion passed unanimously.
Why it matters: authorizing reserves to purchase emergency equipment changes the town's capital funding and reduces the Fire Apparatus Reserve balance; abatements lower collectible property-tax revenues for listed accounts. The payroll abstention was recorded in the minutes but no further explanation is given.
The minutes do not include the purchase price of the truck or the remaining balance after the wire transfer; those details were not specified in the record and should be confirmed with town finance staff if needed.
