Aug 29, 2012 2:16 PM
Capping many months of what some Bridgehampton Fire Department members have called “turmoil” in the department, two Bridgehampton Fire District commissioners resigned at a board of commissioners meeting last Wednesday, August 22.
Jeffrey Louchheim and John Muse both stepped down from the five-member board at the meeting, leaving Chairman Steve Halsey and commissioners Raymond Topping Jr. and Fred Wilford to guide the district. Neither former commissioner attended the meeting, but instead submitted resignation letters to the board, which voted to accept them.
Mr. Louchheim, who was elected to the board in 2007, said this week that he will be moving out of the district soon and felt now was the appropriate time to resign, especially in light of what he termed a “division in the board.”
Frustration has been brewing in the fire... more
Jeffrey Louchheim and John Muse both stepped down from the five-member board at the meeting, leaving Chairman Steve Halsey and commissioners Raymond Topping Jr. and Fred Wilford to guide the district. Neither former commissioner attended the meeting, but instead submitted resignation letters to the board, which voted to accept them.
Mr. Louchheim, who was elected to the board in 2007, said this week that he will be moving out of the district soon and felt now was the appropriate time to resign, especially in light of what he termed a “division in the board.”
Frustration has been brewing in the fire... more
