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Sugar Hill Selectmen approve $10,000 for bunker gear, ask to review LRH EMS contract
Summary
Sugar Hill Selectmen approved up to $10,000 from the Fire Department operating budget to buy bunker gear for three new firefighters and discussed enrolling Sugar Hill EMS in Littleton Regional Healthcares Mobile Integrated Healthcare program; Selectman Chris Ellms asked to see the LRH contract before any decision.
Sugar Hill Selectmen Rusty Talbot, Chris Ellms and Richard Bielefield met Oct. 27 and approved up to $10,000 from the Fire Department operating budget to purchase bunker gear for three newly hired firefighters.
Fire Chief Allan Clark presented the departments third-quarter review and requested the equipment purchase. Selectman Rusty Talbot moved to allow Chief Clark to spend up to $10,000 on protective equipment from the department operating budget; Selectman Richard Bielefield seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The decision responds to Chief Clarks report on staffing changes and the need to outfit three new firefighters with bunker gear. The transcript records the request and unanimous approval but does not include additional budget detail beyond the stated $10,000 or the specific vendor(s). The money was authorized to come from the Fire Department operating budget.
The board also approved, pending final sign-off by Chief Clark, a solar permit listed as Bradley North Star Drive. Acting Town Administrator Kim Cowles read correspondence and the latest U199 updates; she reported no U199 activity in Sugar Hill.
Selectman Richard Bielefield presented a report on the Grafton County Proposed Public Safety and Justice Center; the transcript notes the presentation but does not provide further specifics. Selectman Chris Ellms updated the board on a separate matter involving an Eversource transformer sited on private property and the related coordination with the utility.
Chief Clark told the board he would like Sugar Hill EMS to join Littleton Regional Healthcares Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) program. Selectman Chris Ellms said he wants to review the LRH contract before the board takes any steps toward enrollment; no contract was presented or approved at the meeting.
With no further public business, the selectmen adjourned the public session at 5:49 p.m. The board then entered nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3, II(c), citing matters that could adversely affect an individual's reputation. A roll call to enter nonpublic session passed (Chris Ellms: Yes; Rusty Talbot: Yes; Richard Bielefield: Yes), and the minutes of the nonpublic session were ordered sealed. The nonpublic session ended and the meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 3, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the Crapo Building.
