Selectmen approve payroll and vendor manifests, including donations to local nonprofits

The Brookfield Selectmen on April 7 reviewed and approved payroll and vendor manifests covering routine invoices, payroll taxes and charitable donations.

The manifest approved included a $500 donation to CASA, $1,699 to Tri‑County Community Action, a $2,000 annual donation to the Wakefield Food Pantry and a $20,000 donation to Gaffney Library, among other vendor payments and quarterly assessments. The board recorded totals and approved the manifests by roll call.

Board members discussed the state‑required accessibility ballot programming fee (Democracy Live) for town elections and confirmed that the town must pay the set state rate for ballots programmed for the Accessible Ballot System.

Selectmen also approved payroll manifests and the related payroll‑tax payments from late March and noted some checks remained outstanding to be processed on the next cycle.