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title: "Stamford Select Board — November 20, 2025 (Part 2 of 2)"
date: 2025-11-20
session: regular
part: 2 of 2
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present: [Nancy L. Bushika, Michael G. Denault, Kurt Gamari, Douglas Wright]
absent: [John Dunn]
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# Stamford Select Board — November 20, 2025 (Part 2 of 2)

**Session:** Regular · **Duration:** 3 min · [Audio](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hEoZHJU4HGOdh-842zqX_pbGyiParMeM/view?usp=sharing) · [Minutes](https://townofstamfordvermont.org/mediaItems/Sbd%20Minutes%2011-20-25.pdf)

**Present:** Nancy L. Bushika, Michael G. Denault, Kurt Gamari, Douglas Wright
**Absent:** John Dunn

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**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** Again, put the flag.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** I think we're recording now. All right. Made a motion, you guys made a motion now. Out of executive session, the litigation was settled in favor of the town.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** And I'd like to make a motion that we appoint, hire Nancy Bushika for the assessor clerk position. Second. Aye. Aye.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** One, two, three, abstain. Could you recuse? I recuse myself out, yeah.

**Speaker 1:** I was not in the executive session.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** The other person, I don't know if you want to, but if you want to reach out. We didn't hire her, but there's still an opening for the listers. And that's a paid position, if she would be interested in looking into that. If she wants to get involved with the town.

Yeah.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** I'm pursuing that to send in, to let you guys to let us go. I think that's it. That would be it.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** When you were in executive session, did you discuss pay?

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** No. Well, we didn't think you wanted any. Did you put it on there? Yeah. What did you quote?

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** 100 bucks an hour.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** Well, you're not getting it.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** Oh.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** Yeah, it's easy. We did not.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** Okay.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** I'm sorry we didn't think about that.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** Well, can you discuss that next time when you are in, when we discuss salaries? I mean, I. Yeah, we can discuss it again. You can give me back pay. I don't think it'll, I don't think it'll bother me.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** The first meeting in December. You don't have a per hour thing on here, do you?

**Speaker 2:** Somewhere down there.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** I see here you're looking at salaries checked off. No, that's. Oh, that's back in the day.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** Back in the day. I think there I did get one.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** This is the one.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** Yeah.

**Speaker 1:** Somewhere it's on there.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** Somewhere it's there. It's got enough things on here. I see it. Okay. 20 an hour. Okay. Now, can I ask you a question? Yeah. What is the pay right now for the present? 20, that's the same. 22, 21, 22. Is it? I think so.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** No.

Well, you want less? That's good. Well, I don't know what she knows. That's my, I've always said that. You're going to be a good employee. No. 20, I think it's. So, are we setting that or are we just. We're going to. We're going to do it on the. 20, I think it's 20. 20, I think it's 20. 20, I think it's 20. 20, I think it's 20. 20, I think it's 20.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** 20, I think it's 20. 20, I think it's 20.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** The meeting in the summer, I think.

Yeah. Yeah, the meeting in August? E-T-2. That's the meeting in the summer, I think. Yeah. Yeah . We've decided. 22.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** .

Thank you, guys.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** Is that it, represents.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** Council only to adjourn.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** Motion to adjourn.

**Nancy L. Bushika (Chair):** Unless you have to. Second. Okay.

**Michael G. Denault (inferred):** Aye. Aye. Thank you, guys. I tend to do competitive doing like history. Yeah. Every once in a while we get called up to the museum at night and walk. We get on the street. One of our officers, one of our older guys, was also . Yeah. You don't know how you shut this up. . Alright, and I will see you in the next video.