SUMNER – A helipad behind the Sumner Fire Station on Route 219 is ready for use, even though it’s not topped with tar yet.

Selectmen toured the site Tuesday night before their board meeting.

Last December, the town accepted $15,000 from the Fire Department Auxiliary to prepare the area. The money was raised from yard, food and calendar sales over five years.

The auxiliary will hold another garage and food sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6, to pay for tarring the 100- by 100-foot landing pad, member Wilda Dunham said.

The helipad area was cleared of trees and leveled, graveled and compacted by Bragg Excavation.

Before the pad was created, LifeFlight of Maine medical helicopters landed at the Congregational Church in East Sumner.

In other business Tuesday, selectmen noted that last Thursday, 10 residents toured the proposed wind power site on Mollyocket Mountain with associate professor Mick Womersley from Unity College. Womersley was unable to locate a proper site to place an anemometer for checking winds due to the number of trees. The site is owned by the town and is a few feet below the summit.

After the town finds the means to remove enough trees to place an anemometer, officials have to verify ownership of the ridge top site, which maps show belongs to a forestry company, selectmen said.

Once the site is determined, Womersley would put up a tower to stay in place for one or two years to collect wind data. Further study would then be needed to determine if the site has sufficient wind, Womersley said.