Stamford Select Board — 2024-06-20 (Regular)
- Hearing Of Visitors
- Selectboard Orders
- Road Conditions
- July 2023 Flood Fema Update
- Municipal Energy Resilience Program
- County Road Declassification
- Recycling
- Emergency Management
- Dvfiber
- Delinquent Dog List
- Tennis Court
- Tax Anticipation Loan
- Police Patrols
- Town Sign
- Elected Listers/Appointed Assessor
- Assessor Contract
- Reminders
Motions (7, 7 passed)
accept the regular meeting minutes of June 6, 2024 as written Kurt Gamariseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
accept the minutes from the joint meeting with the School Directors on May 29, 2024 as written Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
not have the special town meeting and to try to appoint an Assistant Assessor Clerk Mike Denaultseconded: Nancy Bushikapassed
find that premature public discussion of a personnel matter would place the town at a substantial disadvantage Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
enter executive session for a personnel matter pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(3) Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
exit executive session Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
adjourn Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
Who owes what (5)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Denault will contact the police | Mike Denault | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| John Dunn will put together a model for the next meeting | John Dunn | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| Nancy Bushika will review the contract with the current Assessor Clerk to determine what duties can be done in house and what duties the town will contract with NEMRC | Nancy Bushika | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| the board will consider adopting a policy | the board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| the board will work on a job description | the board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes ¶ ¶458 |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (3)
| Road Conditions | SELECTBOARD ORDERS The Selectboard reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #23 $ 7,977.73 payroll WARRANT #24 $23,055.57 accounts payable ROAD CONDITIONS 1. | $ 7,977.73; $23,055.57 |
| Dvfiber | DVFIBER The board discussed the funding criteria and voted to offer financial assistance to defray the cost of the DVFiber connection expenses and/or conduit installation expenses up to $500.00. | $500.00 |
| The promissory note was signed with Berkshire Bank and the $300,000.00 has been deposited | The promissory note was signed with Berkshire Bank and the $300,000.00 has been deposited in the town’s account. | $300,000.00 |
Public comment (7)
| Richard Cristofolini | 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 | 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 |
Follow-ups named in the minutes
- Discussion ensued and John Dunn will put together a model for the next meeting.
What the extraction was unsure about
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- 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 which it stands, one nation under God.
Speaker 5: the bushes in the back there seem to be yeah the ones on the left need to be cut back quite a bit
Speaker 8: I mean, usually if they're posing an immediate threat,
Speaker 10: Tomorrow night.
Speaker 11: Right. Do we have to. There's a general. Is there a bureau? That allows us to react to the emergency. So there's a response. Emergency. Yeah. So.
Speaker 12: Is that a useful case?
Speaker 13: Could be a hazard.
Speaker 8: And it's roads that are passing.
Speaker 8: So when you go cut a tree, though, you've cut trees before, but you determine, you personally determine which tree is safe enough for you and what you want to take care of versus, I got to call someone.
Speaker 14: Go on the little box? Go on the little box.
Speaker 15: money we spent they will want to hire us for every job that's done sounds like fun to dry it up first
Speaker 16: all yeah yep okay what else do we have getting on roads we've been out roadside and all and
Speaker 17: um
Speaker 18: there is relocation funds
Speaker 13: She does it all on computer.
Speaker 19: If we're wrong, she can let us know.
Speaker 20: I'd be very surprised if nobody knows where it is.
Speaker 11: Is this where the high line actually crosses, or you're down farther, we'll risk you entering, for example?
Speaker 21: they want to make it a connecting path.
Speaker 21: unless you're on a four-wheel.
Speaker 22: Does the Bassett Trail 301 exist
Speaker 23: that says PR 301. So I don't know if it's a National Bassett
Speaker 24: It's just that ending.
Speaker 23: so there's nothing going to be developed.
Speaker 25: When we first moved up here,
Speaker 11: we could take a Honda CR-V and drive right through to Bennington without a problem. And I'm talking 24 years. Well, you're a lot older. Yeah, I know. I know I don't look it. Back over here. We've been up about 25 years. The Selectmen did have a camp
Speaker 26: to the town hall. And there was one guy in a cab that got stuck. And I called his dispatcher to see if he didn't have... Because I had to go and bring my Subaru as far as it would go. And then we had to hike 30 minutes, collect the people, come back to the house. And I had to call the cab company and tell them,
Speaker 26: I'm like, you're not out of here. There's no cell service. So you've got to go get them or you're going to have to get lucky tomorrow morning. It's amazing how GPS
Speaker 27: Yeah.
Speaker 28: Yep, you're lost. Yeah, they used to call here and say, no, no, no,
Speaker 29: Assessor? No. Serves any purpose? No. Zoning administrator? No, just the ones that we have.
Speaker 30: Let's draw it up. Oh, what'd I say? Oh, sorry.
Speaker 11: I have nothing for emergency management.
Speaker 31: Well, you just go up to it.
Speaker 19: Try it?
Speaker 32: know four more customers and you don't know how many so yeah so i think i think you guys
Speaker 31: qualifying i'm saying you work 500 bucks yeah i'm not qualifying 250 or 200 or 500. yeah 500.
Speaker 31: yeah sorry i think you're on the right track i think at least it's something to start with
Speaker 33: you decide or do you put it in the hat and pick take out the people
Speaker 34: right for any funds so we can't just put it in the hat we got to look at it we can do
Speaker 33: um you
Speaker 8: but nevertheless it's over you know what you gotta do if you want the dirt
Speaker 35: and then
Speaker 8: my question is do you want people driving
Speaker 36: Do you want me to do that?
Speaker 14: Old business.
Speaker 34: I'll send an email tomorrow.
Speaker 33: But at least there's no consistency there.
Speaker 21: Yeah.
Speaker 34: of the nation where we're yeah at each other's services we don't agree on everything but you
Speaker 37: the teepee sign that are out there so what happened yes lori i while i was on vacation last
Speaker 26: wasn't there a plan to you were going to show up at the next planning board yeah i have one yes yes
Speaker 38: the first yeah yeah what's the next planning board so i can but john there's this talking
Speaker 21: but again i'm at a point where i'm i'm exhausted yeah but at the same time we're in charge of the
Speaker 31: which that's important if we're going to go into the landscape the whole landscape will have to be
Speaker 39: moving as well what it's too close to the road yeah that was a nice question what is the the
Speaker 21: distance that we're supposed to be off so our old sign was always too close to the road they took
Speaker 40: house conversation again i have no idea how far
Speaker 21: three by four signs up that's up you know i just keep my point across enough like whatever we do it's got to be done right so it's not yep the other thing is and here's where i do disagree
Speaker 41: right away well that's not part of it i don't think they need they're just not thinking they're
Speaker 24: I will go to that meeting still. I mean, I feel that it probably would be useless and I probably won't get it to her, but if we have, if we have those, if we go to AO and say, look, here's our sign, this is what it's going to say.
Speaker 14: Do you agree you could read that old sign coming up and down the road because it was perpendicular? If you take off the Vermont, it fits in with the 12 square feet.
Speaker 14: I have. I saw it today.
Speaker 14: Well, I measured it.
Speaker 42: I mean, I think that the sign, the old sign.
Speaker 40: It's got to be a two-sided sign.
Speaker 14: Bob had a question.
Speaker 11: I don't know. I don't know. The library sign out there, and you've got to have like three signs, as long as they all fit within the. Sign. Size requirement. Right. Put them on one, well, you'd have to have them on both sides. Right. But it would be a smaller thing that people can, you know, I mean, if people look at that library sign, and they don't know what it is, well, that's their problem.
Speaker 36: That kind of PCB.
Speaker 43: Yeah.
Speaker 44: I think.
Speaker 19: that's what that sign is for you want a big sign it says you know so the sign i'm sure over the
Speaker 26: everybody can do that right but it can't hurt to just put in the bylaws of the municipality just can't hurt
Speaker 26: You just say Stamford. You just say Stamford. Stamps school and lettering.
Speaker 34: Yeah.
Speaker 11: It won't be super expensive. Yeah, a library. It's going to be each side, and within the... You've got to have town with Stamford on the first one,
Speaker 45: and then you have town office, library, school.
Speaker 14: Sheila, the other one was just four boards. It had Stamford establish the date, and the next board said town office, and the next one library. And the next one is school. And then they have to board them from one to each, and you don't . But didn't we learn that that one was also a street sign? No, it would fit in without the . Aha.
Speaker 27: It's just a set of, both the signs are voiceless at this point.
Speaker 46: Yeah, it was temporary.
Speaker 27: You run with it.
Speaker 40: See what that one says?
Speaker 26: But I mean, I didn't know who was jumping last week.
Speaker 47: Yeah.
Speaker 26: Yeah. That's that one right, you know, that side where you come in. There's that one there where it says, you know, back to school night, or that one's there. Right. For those of that kind of thing. Is that the school property, though? Because I saw Ray .
Speaker 22: July 18th meeting.
Speaker 49: different courses do you feel it's months days years well i mean they only offer so many courses
Speaker 50: so they can be brought on without training if right if you have like an assistant or a clerk
Speaker 41: terry is our maybe once a year complicated this process so much that it's followed by nobody
Speaker 50: for the full-fledged listener yeah but you're saying there's kind of a way around this where
Speaker 34: and find group over on that i have no problem going i would like to see the local people
Speaker 14: that's yeah that's in the way of the past i'm talking in the last five years that's when it
Speaker 11: need things for it i don't know it don't save so much money it don't save so much money so we we're over it but you know if you don't do this set out everything we have i don't know i don't know it'll save so many dollars to do it it'll save so much money
Speaker 26: right there and a link that says how to see what it is that the training is and what it is what does it mean to be a lister you know right again if you're not coming here i mean i thought it's
Speaker 51: still it's like it's a little mysterious we talked about it a lot i'm still not 100 on the
Speaker 38: can do it while we're hiring you need to get hired or even get appointed you have a bunch of
Speaker 13: training right is that right do you want to commit that much exactly do you like it well i don't know
Speaker 50: assistant
Speaker 26: And where are they?
Speaker 19: Right.
Speaker 26: Yeah. Right, right. Definitely. And have a job description so that people know what it is, you know, and we follow it. This is what that means.
Speaker 13: Right.
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.