Stamford Select Board — 2024-05-02 (Regular)
- Mowing Bids
- Green Mountain National Forest
- Hearing Of Visitors
- Green Up Day
- Selectboard Orders
- Financials
- Road Conditions
- Businesses In Town
- Recycling
- Emergency Management
- Joint Meeting With School Directors
- Board Of Civil Authority Training
- Uniform Municipal Excess Weight Permits
- Conservation Commission
- Listers
- Delinquent Dog Update
- Tennis Court
- Building Permit Applications
- Reminders
Motions (7, 7 passed)
accept the bid received from Yard Work by Dan as long as he submits appropriate proof of insurance Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
accept the regular meeting minutes of April 18, 2024 as written Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
appoint Lisa Gramlin to the Conservation Commission for the four-year term expiring in 2028 Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
find that premature public discussion of a personnel matter and a possible litigation matter would place the t Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
enter executive session for a personnel matter pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(3) and a potential litigation mat Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike 4 Denaultpassed
exit executive session Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
adjourn Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
Money (4)
| Mowing Bids | MOWING BIDS The Selectboard received one bid from Yard Work by Dan for $170.00 for each mowing, which includes mowing, trimming and cleaning off clippings. | $170.00 |
| He also included a bid of $500.00 for spring cleanup prior to mowing | He also included a bid of $500.00 for spring cleanup prior to mowing. | $500.00 |
| Financials | SELECTBOARD ORDERS The Selectboard reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #17 $ 8,274.75 payroll WARRANT #18 $9,239.62 accounts payable FINANCIALS The Selectboard reviewed and confirmed financial statements for the month of March. | $ 8,274.75; $9,239.62 |
| The quote is $8,000 and once the work is completed, the town can apply for the rest of the | The quote is $8,000 and once the work is completed, the town can apply for the rest of the FEMA funds from the July 2023 flood. | $8,000 |
Public comment (11)
| Alden Finney | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Jedidiah Gramlin | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Lisa Gramlin | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| William Levine | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Marta Miller | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Thomas Nazzewski | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Sheila Pecor | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Debra Righi | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| James Righi | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| David Saldo | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Diane Saldo | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
What the extraction was unsure about
- Extracted mechanically from the town's own minutes text (data/minutes/<meeting_id>.txt), which names the mover and seconder of every motion; the audio transcript was not consulted for attribution.
- Town minutes are the (UNAPPROVED) draft as published by the town.
- Agenda items are the ALL-CAPS section headings in the minutes, so their wording is the town's own and their order is the order in the document.
- Public comment lists only what the minutes record; visitors are listed when the minutes name them without recording a statement.
- Vote field is 'unanimous voice vote' when the minutes say 'All in favor', a numeric count when one appears, otherwise null.
Transcript
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I should know you. I don't know you. I don't know you. I don't. You care. I don't. So good for one of you. So good. So good to see you. So good to see you. I'm going to stay away from you. Where is she? Oh, here. So many more. So you're stuck on the floor? I just need to go. Yeah. I know. You're stuck on the floor. Take this. Take this. You're stuck on the floor. Yeah. There you go. I'll be right back. It's a fancy one? We've got to get the captain's chair on this one. What? If you wanted to bring it over here, right over here, we're going to bring it over here. Oh, okay. Where are we? Aw. Aw. She keeps getting all the calls.
Speaker 3: YouTube.
Speaker 4: Was the same, $170?
Speaker 5: We only have one bid, right?
Speaker 10: Well, I don't know why,
Speaker 11: Is there a new road up into the camp?
Speaker 11: So, yeah.
Speaker 13: Yeah.
Speaker 14: Well, we should bring your primitive first aid.
Speaker 14: You're down the highway.
Speaker 16: 50 feet.
Speaker 17: Yeah.
Speaker 18: Did they start harvesting there last year?
Speaker 20: There's no other questions.
Speaker 21: Are we all set?
Speaker 22: Yeah. Thank you. Thank you very much. Yeah, thank you. What are you doing over there? Oh, okay. Oh, thanks. You're welcome. Thank you. All right. Again, I'll get back to Lori in terms of a follow-up question. All right. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Good to see you. Thank you. You probably sleep on that one, too. Okay. There's something out there. I'll have a good night. Thank you. Thanks. Good to see you. Thanks. Have a good night. You too. Have a good night.
Speaker 23: That's fine.
Speaker 24: i i talked about for the board for somebody to talk about the board without the board voting on
Speaker 25: because it's more of a planning commission i mean the glpc are the lawyers of the people you go to
Speaker 26: Okay.
Speaker 27: A is me, just want to clarify.
Speaker 23: No, I just want to clarify that A is me.
Speaker 28: I'm not, I wouldn't do that in the state of Vermont, but I should know this right now.
Speaker 29: We've got nine people on the board.
Speaker 28: Yes.
Speaker 30: An ex-officio.
Speaker 24: abstain don't want to vote the chair generally makes the deciding vote okay we proceeded because
Speaker 31: your decision too because you put you put the exhibition i'm going to stand by our motion that
Speaker 32: oh okay i understand it became a very hostile meeting uh there was a lot of things said that
Speaker 29: according to me okay then you'll understand why i'm here so without a chair you can't get it back
Speaker 33: think that'd be a good move thank you any other hearing visitors all right reading and approval
Speaker 34: So we attach something like that to.
Speaker 30: Yeah.
Speaker 34: What else do you have on roads?
Speaker 35: because I sweep the sidewalk off on the shoulder.
Speaker 36: I don't care what day it is.
Speaker 4: no,
Speaker 34: holding this up. I've been here one morning when she was on the phone
Speaker 37: Vermont, are they having it?
Speaker 38: so i think some of the other things are best practiced
Speaker 37: he's got to find something yeah i was just going to say sometimes
Speaker 36: that you might want to look into um just an idea i would i would agree that i'm stretched out pretty
Speaker 37: to pay some full-time guy with a bunch of skill it's the struggle it's the struggle of small towns it almost has to be built in if you need someone that money he started at i probably only
Speaker 30: wants yes this is going to go back to what you said before it don't care it's these boards these
Speaker 30: just work i mean what you don't see no young kids you know that this stuff lost in society
Speaker 34: have to hire out and find an administrator maybe the third guy do the pick up the brush and
Speaker 30: them in the 20 dollars
Speaker 37: So Vermont
Speaker 39: bylaws
Speaker 37: Period
Speaker 33: plug that bridge up basically what you know the couple that was is doing it said this is the
Speaker 14: a lot of fall just in the short distance for that and the stone that claims against each other yeah
Speaker 40: doing that job up here right i was asking them if they were going to come and down and do it all the way down i saw you standing those days are gone sheila telling what to do well i wanted to know because it's getting wider down behind me
Speaker 41: not what i said hey can we do that yeah we had two dates the next date was well i think and
Speaker 42: just don't have time to stay on top of it and okay most of what it does is if one of those haulers
Speaker 38: damages a road or a building or a sign it gives you the information to go together right it's the
Speaker 43: and you serve the town in other ways everybody else everybody else take a bag
Speaker 33: okay can i have a motion motion on this uh a motion motion to nominate
Speaker 44: our own side of the basis but they blow up right as it turns that's going to be my job one and
Speaker 33: appointed that's what i was yeah that's what i was wondering yeah i mean i think i think you can
Speaker 45: an elected board i mean is there any more weight than it already does my only intention is is that
Speaker 46: playing you know what you do about an elected official you lose control of what direction that
Speaker 47: but we didn't have any before well we did have someone get elected
Speaker 30: that person when we changed it resigned it did seem like one of those things that kind of died
Speaker 48: we would have to bring it up at a town meeting correct right yes if you guys when you're ready
Speaker 49: upset if nobody runs then you'll have to continue with it how many how many seats would we have to
Speaker 50: Yeah.
Speaker 51: Yeah.
Speaker 42: By the time you've done it for two years, it's all done with.
Speaker 48: If you pay four quarterly payments, does it matter if it is from one year to the third?
Speaker 50: not just different accounts.
Speaker 51: Yes.
Speaker 29: You can probably get insured.
Speaker 50: Yeah.
Speaker 34: Besides the federal government.
Speaker 47: .
Speaker 40: . .
Speaker 37: because my son was helping build it yeah and then
Speaker 37: they work for a little while
Speaker 25: fell apart so that was stuck with a mess there now now it's a mess yeah
Speaker 25: your suggestions what to do with it i'll take a walk over there and look at it
Speaker 25: building permit
Speaker 40: but um
Speaker 4: okay
Speaker 42: why don't we suggest that
Speaker 5: i want to see it
Speaker 52: public knowledge too though i think any town
Speaker 38: i don't know she may not want it to come through the office but maybe
Speaker 34: here what's the difference between that
Speaker 48: will correspond with it you know then you can so if you put the
Speaker 48: right you can forward
Speaker 52: that's true
Speaker 34: well i just want to make sure that we're covered let's think about it
Speaker 41: like that
Speaker 43: second
Speaker 53: yeah i can't make any decisions i'm not supposed to discuss
Speaker 54: and come to a conclusion about the board but if i want to like understand make
Speaker 30: lisa wants more knowledge
Speaker 55: i had to read the things like 10 or 12 times
Speaker 37: it's not right yeah so i actually came here one
Speaker 56: it's not like you get sued or anything
Speaker 30: not a conflict like time i refuse myself
Speaker 5: i just do it because i want if there was other bidders i would have definitely
Speaker 37: talk to you that's it you know it's just for town business
Speaker 57: both
Speaker 34: months yeah i'm thinking about it yeah yeah
Transcribed 2026-10-12 (faster-whisper large-v3, CUDA; names corrected per data/name_fixes.json). Names corrected against the minutes. Diarization is automated and over-splits one person into several labels. Raw model output with timestamps: SRT.