Brookfield Posts Highway Superintendent Job at Up to $92,000 Amid Department Crisis

BROOKFIELD — June 15, 2026 — Brookfield Select Board moves to hire highway superintendent and stabilizes depleted department budget. The board voted unanimously at its June 15 meeting to post both interim and permanent highway superintendent positions at a salary range of $85,000 to $92,000, following the departure of former superintendent Kyle, leaving the department with a single active employee, Chris Stevens. The board also reclassified $60,537.20 in highway wages to the town's road reconstruction account — which holds roughly $90,000 — to generate funds for a backlog of unpaid vendor bills dating to March, including overdue electricity and internet invoices. The board voted to authorize Deb Young and Stevens to sign payroll and warrants in the superintendent's absence. On the Gay Road reconstruction project, roughly 95 percent complete, the board appointed former highway employee Bruce Clark as a volunteer town representative for closeout, while noting $829,403.79 in federal reimbursement applications remain pending. The board also accepted a $19,975 bid from Chafee Landscaping for screened millings at the cemetery and voted to post an assistant assessor position at 16 to 24 hours per week at $25 to $29 per hour after the current assistant announced plans to move to half-time July 1. After-hours activity caught on highway department security cameras on May 30 was referred to Brookfield Police.