Stamford Select Board — 2024-12-05 (Regular)
- Hearing Of Visitors
- Select Board Orders
- Road Conditions
- Recycling
- Highway Ordinance
- Municipal Energy Resciliency Program (Merp)
- Special Town Meeting
- Dvfiber Assistance
- Pacif Grant
- Auditors
- Dog Fees
- Ethics Committee
- Town Christmas Tree
- Select Boar Meeting Schedule
- Reminders
Motions (6, 6 passed)
find that premature general public knowledge of a personnel matter would place the town at a substantial disad Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
enter executive session for employee reviews pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(1)(B) Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
exit executive session Nancy Bushikaseconded: John Dunnpassed
accept the regular meeting minutes of November 21, 2024 as written Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
go up $5.00 on dog licensing fees starting in 2025 John Dunnseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
adjourn Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
Who owes what (1)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Bushika will seek his input | Nancy Bushika | — | open no date in the minutes |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (7)
| Road Conditions¶ ¶116 | SELECT BOARD ORDERS The Select Board reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #47 $ 8,670.84 payroll WARRANT #48 $84,717.97 accounts payable ROAD CONDITIONS The last storm brought a lot of snow and there was a truck breakdown during the storm. | $ 8,670.84; $84,717.97 |
| The estimated cost of the new fire truck is $526,515.98 | The estimated cost of the new fire truck is $526,515.98. | $526,515.98 |
| The town plans to finance $270,000.00 and the rest will come from the fire truck replaceme | The town plans to finance $270,000.00 and the rest will come from the fire truck replacement fund. | $270,000.00 |
| Dvfiber Assistance | DVFIBER ASSISTANCE The town donated $7,500.00 in ARPA funds to DVFiber to help with set up costs for people in need. | $7,500.00 |
| Dog Fees | DOG FEES The state is raising their portion of the dog licensing fee $2.00. | $2.00 |
| In reviewing last year’s minutes, the Select Board made a motion to increase the town’s po | In reviewing last year’s minutes, the Select Board made a motion to increase the town’s portion of the fee by $10.00 beginning in 2024 but the increase was never implemented. | $10.00 |
| MOTION by John Dunn to go up $5.00 on dog licensing fees starting in 2025¶ ¶5 | MOTION by John Dunn to go up $5.00 on dog licensing fees starting in 2025. | $5.00 |
Public comment (6)
| 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 |
| Peter Greenbush | Peter Greenbush asked about the conflict of interest matter he brought up at the last meeting. |
| Sheila Pecor | Sheila Pecor asked about the Green Mountain Express bus that has been in town. |
| 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
- The deadline for filing these petitions with the Town Clerk is Monday, January 27, 2025 by 5:00 p.m.
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,
Speaker 2: They must have a website.
Speaker 3: Did they get you to the casino back?
Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
Speaker 5: It's possible.
Speaker 6: There's really no reason for it.
Speaker 7: About 10 years.
Speaker 8: So I would recommend as a board.
Speaker 9: That's not my job.
Speaker 10: That's the other thing.
Speaker 11: Sheila, when...
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 8: Oh, no, no, no, no, the Justice of the Peace Act.
Speaker 12: Yep, thank you.
Speaker 8: I have one more thing to say.
Speaker 8: Oh, the state.
Speaker 2: I have a question.
Speaker 2: I have a question.
Speaker 13: John, you were here, weren't you? Yeah, I was. You won Sen.
Speaker 8: Instead of snowing out?
Speaker 2: work again that's 24 hours of plow yep and he had a breakdown he just sat on top of maltese road
Speaker 14: half of it in it yeah he loved to walk home recycling laura you had something on recycling
Speaker 8: revise highway ordinance um this is one of those kick the can ones i read it
Speaker 2: it might be better to have a bridge number or okay so we're gonna have dave pick through this
Speaker 2: insured you i'm thinking that it was our computer i think it was operator era and i think she caught
Speaker 7: oh come on you know all the history i know i don't know a lot of history
Speaker 7: all right um
Speaker 2: before we're going to top the papers they've given us funds now we've got to use it for the rest of the year All of us or just me? All of us.
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 16: Some states are, like, mapping them all out.
Speaker 10: Yeah, they all went down to Beaver Street anyway.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 17: Oh, that's not covered. We didn't cover the whole thing. I don't know if we did. Well, we'll look into it. We'll have to look into it. I thought we covered a whole lot. Maybe we could use it for recycling improvements. That might be covered. That might be covered. But we have to have it done by the end of December. Otherwise, it goes back.
Speaker 18: We need to sign anything about it?
Speaker 10: As long as we come up with something, I mean, it's crazy to not use it for a long time.
Speaker 19: Okay.
Speaker 16: I think, didn't we hire them for two years? So they should be set for, yeah, if we find out when they want to come in January, maybe we can get a fund balance by town meeting. I don't think they'll work that fast, but I know when I tried last year, I think they wanted to wait.
Speaker 19: Right. At this point,
Speaker 20: Can we increase ours?
Speaker 18: This money would go into that dog fund.
Speaker 18: if the state wants to keep raising their portion,
Speaker 21: So it would, so let's say you do that for $20, $25, it would be $25, and you're in trouble
Speaker 22: selecting that money now because the state got to it before we did, and that's why it's
Speaker 12: Are you required by law?
Speaker 23: We don't have a kennel.
Speaker 2: It was that.
Speaker 18: And it's not, it doesn't seem to be that people can't afford it.
Speaker 13: We should be paying a loss. Well, it's fine. Well, we shouldn't have to go up $5 on a dog license. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2: I'll pay it.
Speaker 5: And spend.
Speaker 13: So, the state law, if I'm not correct, I mean, if you don't license your dog, like, we're in our well-given right to go to the house. There's a process, but yeah. God forbid it happens. Yup. Yup. Yup. You send a ticket that goes to the court system. That's covered some way or if it comes to...
Speaker 5: Right.
Speaker 24: So then you gotta hire a sheriff.
Speaker 13: Yeah. That's why they're like, we're nice. Like, come on guys, please register your dog. Yeah. They don't want it.
Speaker 25: I think it's there more to, like, persuade you that, you know, to persuade the person to...
Speaker 10: Don't worry.
Speaker 8: No, he doesn't. No.
Speaker 13: It's not like $5,000. That's from 20.2.
Speaker 6: It's a hot, yeah, it's a hot volunteer.
Speaker 8: So.
Speaker 8: You're trying to get someone ethically off this board?
Speaker 25: should we ask Sally Bull?
Speaker 8: Is it? Yup! It's cute
Speaker 13: John donated it, so I'd like to thank John.
Speaker 13: What day is the town meeting? Next? Monday, Monday, Monday, Monday.
Speaker 13: Yeah. Good. Good.
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.