Brentwood Select Board appoints Bob Mon Gary chair; Jim Meehan named vice chair

Bob Mon Gary was appointed chair of the Brentwood Town Select Board at the board's March 10, 2026 meeting, and Jim Meehan was confirmed as vice chair.

The board opened by admitting two members remotely and then moved to leadership changes after a member said it was in the town's interest for new leadership to take the role. A roll-call vote approved the chair appointment; the board later held a separate roll-call vote to confirm Jim Meehan as vice chair.

The incoming chair used his first remarks to lay out committee liaisons and assignments: he proposed Paul as the planning board liaison, Dave for the conservation commission, Letty to serve as the library and school board representative, and asked others to participate on recreation and project committees. Members agreed to those assignments by consensus.

During public comment, Budget Committee chair Jim Hajar of Mohawk Lane congratulated the newly appointed leaders and thanked the outgoing chair for his work during a year when the town operated under a voter-imposed tax cap. Resident Peter Foster, of 79 Prescott Road, urged the board to take two courses through the New Hampshire Municipal Association—one on effective service and one on ethics—and to make ethics training available to department heads. Foster said, "An unexamined life is not worth living," and encouraged the board to open the courses to interested residents.

The board agreed to revisit administrative procedures—such as whether to read checks aloud at meetings—at a future session and confirmed that the next regular meetings will occur March 24 and March 31.

The appointments took effect at the close of the roll-call votes and the board moved on to routine business.