Selectboard approves payroll, generator maintenance contract and a Feb. 20 town-hall rental; votes recorded 3–0

At its Feb. 3 meeting, the New Haven Selectboard approved a series of routine financial and administrative items.

Motions recorded in the minutes include approval of payroll for the week ending Jan. 24, 2026, in the amount of $6,223.38 (motion by Bruce Many, seconded by Mike Audy; approved 3–0), and payroll for the week ending Jan. 31, 2026, in the amount of $6,752.93 (motion by Mike Audy, seconded by Bruce Many; approved 3–0). Chair John Roleau moved to approve pay orders for the week ending Feb. 3, 2026, in the amount of $33,265.49; the minutes record approval 3–0 but do not specify who seconded that motion.

The board also approved the 2026 Certificate of Highway Miles (motion by Bruce Many, seconded by Mike Audy; approved 3–0), accepted a contract with Brookfield Generator Service to maintain the Fire Department generator in 2026 for $446.00 (motion by John Roleau, seconded by Bruce Many; approved 3–0), and approved an application from Ashley Bessette to hold a New Haven Family Winter Formal Dance in the town-hall gym on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, from 3–8 p.m., with estimated attendance of roughly 100 and adult supervision; the board waived rental fees (motion by John Roleau, seconded by Mike Audy; approved 3–0). The board then approved minutes as recorded in the transcript and adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

Where the transcript omits a second for a motion (pay orders, week ending Feb. 3), this article notes that the second was not specified in the recorded minutes rather than attributing it to a particular member.