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Stamford Select Board — 2024-05-16 (Regular)

75 min · YouTube (@jgramlin78) · audio · minutes (town PDF) · markdown

Nancy L. BushikaMichael G. DenaultKurt GamariDouglas WrightJohn Dunn

Session: Regular · **Duration:** 75 min · Audio · Minutes

Regular meeting of the Stamford Select Board (2024-05-16, 75 min). Present: Nancy L. Bushika, Michael G. Denault, Kurt Gamari, Douglas Wright, John Dunn. The minutes record 9 motions (9 approved, 0 with another outcome). Items on the agenda: Hearing Of Visitors; Local Emergency Management Plan; Selectboard Orders; Financials; Road Conditions; Recycling; Joint Meeting With School Directors; First Quarter Financials; Conservation Commission; Sale Of Town Owned Property; Tennis Court; Tax Anticipation Note; Reminders.

On the agenda

Hearing Of Visitors
Local Emergency Management Plan
Selectboard Orders
Financials
Road Conditions
Recycling
Joint Meeting With School Directors
First Quarter Financials
Conservation Commission
Sale Of Town Owned Property
Tennis Court
Tax Anticipation Note
Reminders

Motions (9, 9 passed)

accept the regular meeting minutes of May 2, 2024 as written Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed

“MOTION by Mike Denault to accept the regular meeting minutes of May 2, 2024 as written.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. SELECTBOARD ORDERS The Selectboard reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #19 $ 8,184.49 payroll WARRANT #20 $36,096.99 accounts payable FINANCIALS The Sel

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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sign the Engagement Letter from Sullivan, Powers & Co., P.C. for the 2023 audit Doug Wrightseconded: Mike Denaultpassed

“MOTION by Doug Wright to sign the Engagement Letter from Sullivan, Powers & Co., P.C. for the 2023 audit.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Selectboard received letters from Sheila Pecor and Sally Bohl expressing interest in serving on the Conservation Commission. MOTION by Kurt

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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appoint Sheila Pecor to the vacant term expiring in 2025 and Sally Bohl to the vacant term expiring in 2028 Kurt Gamariseconded: John Dunnpassed

“MOTION by Kurt Gamari to appoint Sheila Pecor to the vacant term expiring in 2025 and Sally Bohl to the vacant term expiring in 2028.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. SALE OF TOWN OWNED PROPERTY The final paperwork and checks have been received to complete the sale of Lot 384 in Alpenwald to Russell Newland. The original deed was sig

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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write a letter to the Seeds Savers Committee asking about the status of these items and the safety risk of the Kurt Gamariseconded: Mike Denaultpassed

“MOTION by Kurt Gamari to write a letter to the Seeds Savers Committee asking about the status of these items and the safety risk of the tennis court.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. EXECUTIVE SESSION MOTION by Nancy Bushika to find that premature public discussion of a personnel matter and a possible legal matter would place the town at a substanti

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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find that premature public discussion of a personnel matter and a possible legal matter would place the town a Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed

“MOTION by Nancy Bushika to find that premature public discussion of a personnel matter and a possible legal matter would place the town at a substantial disadvantage.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. MOTION by Nancy Bushika to enter executive session for a personnel matter pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(3) and a potential legal matter pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(1)

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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enter executive session for a personnel matter pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(3) and a potential legal matter p Nancy Bushikaseconded: John Dunnpassed

“MOTION by Nancy Bushika to enter executive session for a personnel matter pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(3) and a potential legal matter pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(1)(F).”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. The Selectboard entered executive session at 7:15 p.m. MOTION by Nancy Bushika to exit executive session. SECONDED by Mike Denault. All in favor. Motion APPROVED. The b

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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exit executive session Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed

“MOTION by Nancy Bushika to exit executive session.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. The board exited executive session at 7:35 p.m. Action 1: MOTION by Kurt Gamari to send a letter to our employee and the agency that was hired and ask them to speak to

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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send a letter to our employee and the agency that was hired and ask them to speak to their employees concernin Kurt Gamariseconded: John Dunnpassed

“MOTION by Kurt Gamari to send a letter to our employee and the agency that was hired and ask them to speak to their employees concerning the letters the Selectboard received.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. Action 2: The Selectboard will research the process of purchasing a parcel of property in town for future use. 3 TAX ANTICIPATION NOTE The treasurer has requested quote

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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adjourn Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed

“MOTION by Mike Denault to adjourn.”

All in favor. Motion APPROVED. The meeting ended at 7:45 p.m. Kurt Gamari Clerk /las REMINDERS 1. Townspeople should sign up with the state’s free communications network, VT-Alert. You can sign up at

Vote: unanimous voice vote

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Money (1)

Financials

SELECTBOARD ORDERS The Selectboard reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #19 $ 8,184.49 payroll WARRANT #20 $36,096.99 accounts payable FINANCIALS The Selectboard reviewed and confirmed financial statements for the month of April.

$ 8,184.49; $36,096.99

Public comment (9)

Carol Ethier-Kipp	listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said
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
Marta Miller	Marta Miller suggested incorporating this theme into the school fall festival.
Sheila Pecor	listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said
Daniel Potvin	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

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 pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for

Speaker 2: YouTube.

Speaker 4: Yeah, you've been live for a few minutes.

Speaker 6: Yeah.

Speaker 7: that's

Speaker 2: dean you don't soften your dog you don't right right i have been accused of i have bad manner

Speaker 9: gravity gravity okay so you know what i'm talking about i know exactly where you're going and it's

Speaker 10: is going to filter out through that so so certainly the only thing i would question is

Speaker 11: uh i think you said that at least can i speak yeah i'm on the agenda tonight for the emergency

Speaker 12: family taking care of family sheltering instantly makes you responsible for

Speaker 10: I understand.

Speaker 9: You all know.

Speaker 2: I've made a lot of enemies in town.

Speaker 13: This is where you're going to probably yell at me.

Speaker 7: Yeah, but everyone that receives this letter reads it differently.

Speaker 7: I mean it's your letter but it's just a suggestion no no no I hear you I hear you

Speaker 14: a question here too concerning this well i want to um i back what kurt said so we covered some

Speaker 16: radiation and vaccine they're tough words well like a catastrophic event yeah it's just trying

Speaker 16: certain necessities need to be in place and i'm just not sure why we're getting the 2020 letter like what are we supposed to do with that we're interested in and then point them in a certain direction i mean i agree with everything you're saying i don't disagree with what you're saying

Speaker 17: getting the 2020 letter at all well why why you're getting the 2020 letter

Speaker 18: situation so i did ask dan which one which one you wanted yeah right yeah yeah that was no no

Speaker 19: would prepare with the food and if they want the uh yeah you should uh reach out that word

Speaker 4: themselves too because i never really need promotions there there's just a little nuances

Speaker 21: almost sprinkle sugar on it because you want to make it appealing you want to make it appealing

Speaker 23: Mara had some ideas.

Speaker 24: Exactly.

Speaker 25: We're talking about something like that. Great. Ollie? I just wanted to mention that the state just this week came out with a whole new set of rules for emergency management. Did you know that? New set of rules? Yes.

Speaker 25: I believe it was this week.

Speaker 25: It passed a whole bunch of new standards.

Speaker 11: It was supposed to be in the beginning of the month.

Speaker 11: I'm only a member of the fire department.

Speaker 25: Wednesday.

Speaker 25: Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 25: M-S-G. W-O-M-S-D. Wait a minute, Tom. F-I-R-E-2. Two.

Speaker 26: Lisa, you, and who else is on it?

Speaker 27: Liability.

Speaker 28: You've got to reach out to that river border.

Speaker 29: It's very minimal.

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