Stamford Select Board — 2024-11-21 (Regular)
- Hearing Of Visitors
- Select Board Orders
- Road Conditions
- Recycling
- Highway Ordinance
- Preparation Letter
- Financial Reports
- Town Christmas Tree
- St. John Bosco Church
- December 2 Runoff Election
- Budget Season
- Reminders
Motions (3, 3 passed)
accept the regular meeting minutes of November 7, 2024 as written Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
hire Joseph Fachini, Jr. as the recycling monitor alternate Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
adjourn Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
Who owes what (1)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Denault will help set it up | Mike Denault | — | open no date in the minutes |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (3)
| Road Conditions | SELECT BOARD ORDERS The Select Board reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #45 $ 7,174.13 payroll WARRANT #46 $316,500.61 accounts payable 2 ROAD CONDITIONS The Select Board discussed the MERP Implementation Grant. | $ 7,174.13; $316,500.61 |
| The grant is for $33,000.00 to replace the large garage doors and side door with insulated¶ ¶105 | The grant is for $33,000.00 to replace the large garage doors and side door with insulated doors. | $33,000.00 |
| JOHN BOSCO CHURCH The town received its $10,000.00 deposit back from the realtor | JOHN BOSCO CHURCH The town received its $10,000.00 deposit back from the realtor. | $10,000.00 |
Public comment (6)
| Debra Burchard | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Laura Champagne | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Carol Ethier-Kipp | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Peter Greenbush | Peter Greenbush has consulted with the Vermont League of Cities & Towns and the Board of Ethics and is waiting for a response. |
| Marta Miller | Marta Miller was heartened by the fact that Bob Briggs offered water to people who are without and she thought it was wonderful to see community members come together to assist a person in need. |
| James Stimpson | 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 which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Speaker 1: Michael G. Denault, Nancy L. Bushika, John Dunn
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 4: brook's pretty low but yeah that was my worry it was like what happens if the brook is up you know
Speaker 6: that's probably a conflict of interest financial gain from the town you mean being so if you're on
Speaker 7: can't be the treasurer we can't run for treasurer and be honest so my point is that you know that
Speaker 8: what without she's an assessor clerk she has no right she does the finance or she does the
Speaker 8: that that could be a conflict of interest i don't think he's taking well well she sat on the board
Speaker 9: that i mean that's to me too personal it's not personal this is public knowledge no this is a
Speaker 10: process i agree with pete 100 i don't think the process okay i don't want to get let's say
Speaker 7: she said we know exactly what she said we don't know what they said she said to the person at this
Speaker 6: site right you heard her in a meeting it's written down that she said it to him that she
Speaker 6: well you were talking about the runoff that's why you're confusing me you mean she's already on the
Speaker 7: jp correct
Speaker 7: papers we know how she budgets for are you guys but you're right the budget does go up because more that makes sense yeah more people don't pay their taxes on time and the taxes go up
Speaker 1: have changed but i would like to look into it and i don't want to know the answer i mean you
Speaker 11: it's vague yeah it's it's great and so it's hard for me to tell because i'm waiting i'm waiting
Speaker 6: just i won't be a jp until january february 1st but oh yeah yeah technically you wouldn't care if
Speaker 7: or john was collecting taxes right because i mean her driving with john i i do i understand that she
Speaker 12: the town and it might be a good thing to do uh wait yeah jim you had your hand up where you sit
Speaker 12: that's election we can't oh well no we cannot eliminate an elected position
Speaker 14: other thing too if we do eliminate an elected position until the term is over right the way
Speaker 15: somebody oh well i don't know about that oh she doesn't have anything to do yeah all right
Speaker 16: blood in my fingers. I put it back down. Two things. I can never just do one.
Speaker 16: you probably should have five things. So when I brought this to you guys way back when I had asked her to recuse herself during my hearing was a very similar thing to what we're talking about now. Yep. And she told you no. She told me no. Wouldn't leave. And my thing was ethically she should have but that was a personality but the position itself should not have inserted itself in a property that she has knowledge of and that's what was happening with Club Road. Anyway, so back then I was doing research in case law for conflicts of interest between tax collectors, board of abatement, all these things and Pownall recently as recent as 2017 it went all the way up to Burlington so just imagine how expensive that was for one person to want to keep their position. And the last point is, yes I agree towns are given a lot of leeway with multiple jobs but when there is a conflict of interest it should be severed so if it's brought to someone's attention, I don't care how long it's been going on, you guys are aware of that. People know. So that's not the case in this town. You've said it multiple times. We're so fortunate that we have lots of people who want to sit
Speaker 16: Well there's a reason but
Speaker 17: I don't know what that reason is. There's a reason. That's the reason. Right here.
Speaker 16: No, we'll talk aside. It's not a conversation for the public. But we're very fortunate as a town that we have a lot of people that are active. So I don't understand why people are so intent on being on multiple boards. Is it a control thing or what? I mean seriously.
Speaker 18: Do they run?
Speaker 16: Yeah, a lot of them are appointed.
Speaker 16: been on the planning commission.
Speaker 19: I stepped down to let other people.
Speaker 19: ability. I'm afraid to let
Speaker 16: other people step in there.
Speaker 10: but. Well it's hard
Speaker 12: people
Speaker 12: They're licensed insured contractors
Speaker 16: It's probably high priority
Speaker 12: You're 22?
Speaker 12: Recycling
Speaker 12: Recycling monitor
Speaker 1: So
Speaker 12: whether she's mad or not
Speaker 15: A what?
Speaker 1: Right, so it's part time, part time? He's just out there
Speaker 21: What's sad is
Speaker 1: I mean we should be able to Go up and help out
Speaker 12: I wonder if they get along
Speaker 1: She's going to be his boss
Speaker 1: So nothing's changed
Speaker 1: I'll make a motion
Speaker 22: They're using what
Speaker 16: We don't have the really big ones. I shouldn't say anything about it. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 16: We've talked about that.
Speaker 23: Just decorate it.
Speaker 16: Yeah, we were going to... We wanted to just get a tree down here. We would have donated it, but there was... Something... There was a reason why.
Speaker 16: And there's no electricity going right out there.
Speaker 16: Yeah.
Speaker 24: I feel like I have to get a permit.
Speaker 16: Yeah, you might have to get a permit for that. Give me a call. I'll have you fill one out, okay?
Speaker 16: It's going to be somewhat last minute, depending on the dog. Well, really, it can be that.
Speaker 18: Yeah.
Speaker 22: Just one more thing.
Speaker 25: He's coming out.
Speaker 22: Okay.
Speaker 16: I probably could do it, too. It's just a few minutes.
Speaker 16: Right, like at 8, 8, 9, 10, 11. No, 7.
Speaker 26: So, maybe.
Speaker 16: So, we'll just.
Speaker 4: Hashtag five.
Speaker 12: All right.
Speaker 12: I would.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 14: 10-4.
Speaker 27: 10-4.
Speaker 28: OK.
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.