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Sugar Hill selectmen approve permits, note Health Trust rate rise and file MS‑1
Summary
At the Oct. 20, 2025 Sugar Hill Selectmen meeting the board approved minutes and several permits pending building-official conditions, logged the MS‑1 filing with the DRA, noted a 6.4% Health Trust rate increase for 2026, discussed Class VI road policy changes effective July 2026, and entered a nonpublic session under RSA 91‑A:3 II(c).
The Sugar Hill Board of Selectmen met Oct. 20, 2025 and approved the public and nonpublic minutes of Oct. 6, 2025 after a motion by Selectman Chris Ellms, seconded by Selectman Rusty Talbot; the motion passed unanimously.
Town Administrator Jennifer Gaudette reported the town’s MS‑1 was filed with the Department of Revenue Administration on Oct. 15, 2025. She also told the board that the Health Trust’s 2026 rate package shows a 6.4% increase, an item town leaders said will factor into next year’s budgeting.
The board approved several permits pending final conditions from the building official: a new home for Michale Dager, a deck for Joseph Kaye and a solar installation for Nibbrig. The board also acknowledged receipt of an NHDES Approval for Construction for Map 212/9 (Blake Road) for the Taccetta Trust.
Selectmen discussed administrative items and upcoming meetings. Gaudette said she will distribute Zoning and Planning workshop titles so members can select sessions. The board noted a Tri‑Town meeting with Easton and Franconia scheduled for Oct. 20, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. in Franconia. Selectman Rusty Talbot summarized a Class VI roads presentation and said that, effective July 2026, property owners may be allowed to build on Class VI roads if they present insurance and a signed letter acknowledging that they will receive no town services or road upgrades.
Selectman Chris Ellms said he will follow up on Eversource issues on Jesseman Road. Gaudette also reported the town received a $450 repayment that had previously been expended to a welfare recipient.
With no further public business, Talbot moved to adjourn, Ellms seconded and the meeting adjourned at 6:08 p.m. The board then entered a nonpublic session at 6:10 p.m. following a motion by Ellms, seconded by Talbot, citing RSA 91‑A:3, II(c) as the statutory basis. Roll call votes to enter nonpublic were recorded as Yes by Chris Ellms and Rusty Talbot. The board later voted to seal the nonpublic minutes because disclosure might render a proposed action ineffective; that roll call also recorded Yes votes. The nonpublic session ended and the meeting concluded at 6:30 p.m.
The board set its next regular meeting for Oct. 27, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. at the Crapo Building.
