At its Dec. 2 meeting the North Brookfield Board of Selectmen approved several financial and administrative items, including warrants, two small Holden Hospital fund requests for the police department, a construction change order, and the town's 2026 license renewals.

Chair presented payroll warrant number 11 for $405,793.29; an item listed as number 1044 for $181,114.42; general fund warrant number 1045 for $622,945.42; and construction projects warrant 1046 for $234,077.26. The board moved and approved the warrants.

The board considered two Holden Hospital fund requests submitted by the police chief: $1,480.82 to cover emergency repairs to the Sally Port garage door and $585 to replace three AED batteries. During discussion Selectmen recommended adding replacement AED pads (about $58 per set, two sets per AED) and calculated adding roughly $9.33 to the battery request to cover pads; the board approved $1,480.82 and $9.33 from the Holden Hospital fund to cover the repair and the battery-plus-pads purchase.

Project staff presented Change Order 15 for the public-safety headquarters, listing multiple Project Change Orders (PCOs): additional insulation discovered after removing sheetrock ($10,466.73), a tank piping credit ($3,278.45), masonry patching ($861.43), second-floor wood trim ($3,640.65), an exterior meter disconnect (code-mandated) ($5,848.08), a telecom conduit credit ($870.08), and two ceiling fans and wiring for the second-floor meeting room ($2,929.91). The board voted to approve Change Order 15.

Finally, the chair read a list of 2026 license renewals (alcohol, auctioneer, pool table, jukebox/pinball/video, live entertainment and vehicle class renewals) for multiple local businesses; the board approved the 20-plus license renewals after staff confirmed required insurance and documentation.

Selectman Pete said the headquarters project is progressing, though additional work pushed the completion target from mid-January closer to Feb. 1; insulation and attic ventilation remain outstanding technical issues to be resolved with the building inspector.