Brimfield Select Board Reappoints Police Chief Beaudry, Approves Trail Committee Seats

Select Board · Meeting of January 29, 2026

Brimfield Select Board unanimously reappoints Police Chief Bill Beaudry and fills six trail committee slots. Chair Martin Kelly, who said he "rarely ever" makes motions himself, led the 5-0 reappointment of Beaudry to a three-year term, calling his performance "exemplary." The board approved five one-year trail committee appointments and one associate member in a single motion, then cleared a MassDOT Chapter 90 reimbursement request tied to the Brookfield Road project, declared a snow emergency to authorize highway department overspending in the winter wages account, and authorized a $937 printer purchase for the Town Hall Annex after Administrative Assistant Chris DeFalco explained it was the least expensive model compatible with the Board of Health's copier. Six flea-market operator licenses and a conditional approval for 250th anniversary banners on town common light poles rounded out the agenda before the board adjourned to executive session to consider release of minutes from a January 12, 2016 closed session.

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Source: the Select Board meeting of January 29, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.