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Selectmen accept $274,760.75 in FEMA and ARPA funds for fire gear and bridge project accounting
Summary
The Selectmen accepted $19,046 in Grafton County ARPA funds to buy new air packs for the Fire Department and $255,714.75 in FEMA funds related to the Streeter Pond Road/Indian Brook Bridge project; the FEMA amount will be returned to the Bridge CRF by warrant in 2025 and 2026.
At a public hearing on unanticipated funds under RSA 31:95-b Section III and RSA 91-A:2, the Sugar Hill Selectmen on April 7 accepted $274,760.75 in outside funds.
The board said $19,046 in Grafton County ARPA funds will be expended to purchase new air packs for the Fire Department. The minutes state $255,714.75 in FEMA funds received in 2024 and 2025 for the Streeter Pond Road/Indian Brook Bridge replacement will be returned to the Bridge Capital Reserve Fund (CRF) by warrant in 2025 and 2026. Selectman Rusty Talbot moved to accept the combined funds; Selectman Chris Ellms seconded the motion and the board voted unanimously.
The minutes cite the RSA provisions that permit acceptance of unanticipated funds but do not record further implementation details such as procurement procedures for the air packs or schedule for the bridge CRF warrant articles. The board’s recorded action accepts the funds and directs that the FEMA receipts be handled as described in the hearing record.
