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Selectmen reappoint Brooks & Dorensis as town counsel amid resident questions about billing
Summary
Halifax selectmen voted to reappoint Brooks & Dorensis to represent the town through June 30, 2027; residents raised questions about legal billing categories and specific line items, and the board agreed to provide billing details on request.
The Halifax Board of Selectmen voted to reappoint Brooks & Dorensis as town counsel through June 30, 2027, after a public question period about legal bills and billing practices.
Resident Alan Diaz asked for itemized details for an $8,400 'general matters' line and for information about a roughly $64,000 allocation tied to zoning bylaw work. Board members said they could and would make billing records available and noted that some bills include travel and drafting time that may not have an immediate line‑item breakdown in public materials.
The chair moved to reappoint Brooks & Dorensis; the motion was seconded and the board approved the reappointment by unanimous voice vote at the meeting. Selectmen said they would follow up to provide requested billing information and cited that some legal work was spread across several months and that some bills were for drafting the zoning articles and related legal research.
The reappointment keeps the town’s municipal law contract in place while the board and residents seek further transparency on line‑item billing for specific projects.
