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Select Board approves warrants, adopts compensation policy and votes to enter nonpublic session
Summary
At a regular Select Board meeting, members approved warrants and several sets of nonpublic minutes (unsealing two), adopted an updated compensation policy and voted to enter a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3 II; roll call recorded three affirmative votes to go nonpublic.
The Brookline Select Board approved the first warrants of the year and took several formal actions, adopted an updated compensation policy and voted to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3 II.
Chair summarized the warrants, including a payroll warrant, a $750 police-detail payment and a $1,500 payment to the New Hampshire dam bureau, and asked for approval. The board moved and approved the warrant "passed unanimously," the Chair said.
The Chair brought forward six sets of nonpublic minutes from Dec. 22 and moved to approve sets 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The Chair then asked, "Is there a motion to unseal sets 3 and 4?" and the board approved the unsealing; a member commented that set 3 appeared to be public information.
The board also considered an updated compensation policy, including a revised 2026 stipend chart. The Chair said the policy is updated and a motion to accept the compensation policy as amended was moved and passed unanimously; the Chair said he would circulate the document for signatures.
Near the end of the public session the Chair moved that the board go into nonpublic session "for RSA 91 dash 8 colon 3 2, section a compensation C reputation" and asked for a second. After a second, the Chair called for a roll call: "Brian yes," "Jerry yes," "Steve yes." The board then entered nonpublic session.
Actions at a glance: - Motion to approve nonpublic minutes (Dec. 22 sets 1, 3, 4, 5, 6): motion moved and approved; mover: as recorded in the minutes (Chair announced "Moved by Steve, 2nd by Jerry"); outcome: approved. - Motion to unseal nonpublic minutes sets 3 and 4: motion moved and approved; outcome: unsealed. - Motion to approve warrants (payroll, police detail, payment to NH dam bureau): motion moved and approved; outcome: approved. - Motion to adopt updated compensation policy as amended: motion moved by a board member and seconded; outcome: approved unanimously; Chair will circulate for signatures. - Motion to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3 II (personnel/compensation/reputation): moved, seconded and passed by roll call (Brian, Jerry, Steve recorded as "yes"); outcome: entered nonpublic session.
The board did not take additional public-facing decisions on warrant-article recommendations during this meeting; that work was scheduled for the upcoming budget hearings.
