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Critical public safety staffing vacancies with no resolution timeline
Sunapee Selectboard (3/19): Town has simultaneous vacancies for fire chief, police officer, code compliance officer, highway operator, and buildings/grounds foreman. No clear hiring timeline given. These aren't minor gaps — they... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboa...
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15+ stagnating capital/grant projects due to structural staffing deficiency
Sunapee 3/19 meeting: Town Manager confirmed ~15 funded projects are stalling because no staff can push them forward. 'Nobody knows how to push those projects forward now.' Grant and taxpayer money may be at risk. No formal acti... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboa...
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Ambulance service continuity risk with no concrete response plan
Sunapee Selectboard 3/19: New London Hospital may end ambulance service. Town currently pays $67,000+/year. Chair flagged potential need for town-owned ambulance — a major capital commitment — then deferred it to the incoming fi... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboa...
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Public concern about hiring failures dismissed without commitment to change
A Sunapee resident told the board on 3/19 that the town's slow, uncommunicative hiring process is creating negative word-of-mouth that makes the staffing crisis worse. The town manager defended current procedures. No process imp... https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboa...
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Thread: Here's what happened at the Sunapee Selectboard meeting on March 19, 2026 — a session framed as a new-member orientation that quietly surfaced some serious unresolved problems. 🧵 #MeetingWatch
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1/ STAFFING CRISIS: The town simultaneously lacks a fire chief, police officer, code compliance officer, highway operator, and buildings/grounds foreman. That's five critical positions vacant at once. The board asked for a color...
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2/ The town manager offered a candid explanation for why recruitment is hard: 'People see how oftentimes you can get annihilated here and it doesn't feel good.' In other words, the civility climate at public meetings is deterrin...
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3/ STAGNATING PROJECTS: The town manager disclosed that roughly 15 funded projects — grants and capital work — are stalling because no staff member has the project management skills to advance them. Those funds were secured. The...
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4/ AMBULANCE SERVICE AT RISK: New London Hospital may end ambulance service to Sunapee. The town currently pays $67,000+/year for it. The chair called this urgent and raised the idea of a town-owned ambulance — a major new expen...
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5/ A RESIDENT PUSHED BACK: Cindy Spear told the board the town's hiring process is slow and poorly communicated, and that it's generating bad word-of-mouth in the labor market — making the staffing crisis worse. The town manager...
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6/ YOUR TAX BILL: The approved $9.038M operating budget means municipal tax increases of roughly $80 for a $275K home up to $435 for a $1.5M home. The board also approved a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for all town employees,...
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7/ The next priorities work session is March 23rd at 9:30 AM. The next regular Selectboard meeting is April 6th. If any of this concerns you, those are your opportunities to be heard. /end https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboard/2026-03-19/ #SunapeeNH
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📋 SUNAPEE SELECTBOARD MEETING — March 19, 2026: What You Should Know Last Thursday's Selectboard meeting was structured as a new-member orientation for recently elected David Andrews, but the substance that emerged deserves broader public attention. The town is facing a simultaneous vacancy crisis across five critical departments: fire chief, police officer, code compliance officer, highway operator, and buildings/grounds foreman. The board directed the Town Manager to produce a prioritized org chart, but no concrete hiring timelines were provided. Making matters worse, a resident — Cindy Spear — told the board directly that the town's slow, uncommunicative hiring process is generating negative word-of-mouth in the labor market, actively deepening the problem. The town manager defended current procedures without committing to any specific improvements. Two other disclosures deserve serious attention. First, Town Manager Shannon confirmed that approximately 15 funded projects — grants the town has already received and capital work already approved — are stalling because no staff member has the skills to move them forward. 'Nobody knows how to push those projects forward now,' she said. That's taxpayer and grant money sitting idle. No formal action was taken. Second, Chair Anthony raised the possibility that New London Hospital may end its ambulance service contract with the town, which currently costs over $67,000 per year. He called the situation urgent and suggested the town may need to acquire its own ambulance — a significant capital and operational commitment — but deferred the conversation to whoever is eventually hired as fire chief. That position is currently vacant. On the budget side: the board approved a $9.038M total operating budget for 2026, a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for all town employees, and a fire chief classification at pay grade 18. Municipal tax impacts range from approximately $80 for a $275,000 home to $435 for a $1.5M home — municipal portion only, not including school, county, or state taxes. The next Selectboard priorities work session is March 23rd at 9:30 AM, and the next regular meeting is April 6th. https://meetingwatch.org/nh/sunapee/selectboard/2026-03-19/ #MeetingWatch #SunapeeNH