Stamford Select Board — 2024-12-19 (Regular)
- Hearing Of Visitors
- Select Board Orders
- Road Conditions
- Recycling
- Highway Ordinance
- Conflict Of Interest
- Special Town Meeting
- Auditors
- Hauler Registration Renewals
- Legislative Redistricting Error
- Act 250 Permits
- National Forest
- Dvfiber Assistance
- Vt Department Of Taxes Update
- School Budget
- Reminders
- Stamford Town Highway Ordinance
- Section 1.00 – Introduction
- Section 2.00 – General Considerations
- Section 3.00 – Road Acceptance Policy
- Section 4.00 – Minimum Standards
- Section 5.00 – General Provisions
- Select Board:
- Section I
- Section Ii
- Application For Road Upgrade
Motions (12, 12 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 Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
allow Brian Jowett to plow County Road from the beginning of the Class 4 section to his driveway and allow him John Dunnseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
accept the regular meeting minutes of December 5, 2024 as written Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
approve the Highway Ordinance with the revisions Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
look into whether it is legal to create an ordinance with a provision that if there is a perceived financial b Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
allocate the remaining $7,500.00 of ARPA funds for highway department infrastructure improvements Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
find that premature general public knowledge of a personnel matter would place the town at a substantial disad Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
enter executive session for employee reviews pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(1)(B) Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
exit executive session Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
adjourn John Dunnseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
Who owes what (10)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Tatro will inspect the road each spring and adjustments to the agreement will be made if needed and any problems will need to be addressed | Dave Tatro | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| Brian Jowett said he is a snowmobile rider too and will plow lightly | Brian Jowett | — | the minutes phrase this as a report; the obligation is the point, not the statement. | open no date in the minutes |
| the board will have to appoint an Ethics Liaison Officer | the board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes ¶ ¶289 |
| The Select Board shall institute and periodically review and update a town road management system in making decisions about preventative maintenance and road improvements in accordance with 19 V | The Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. the town's minutes text is truncated or garbled at the end of this line | open no date in the minutes |
| the Select Board will negotiate with the applicant for compensation of estimated road damages | the Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| the Select board shall also consider weather conditions and season of the year | the Select board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| the Road Commissioner shall inspect the site | the Road Commissioner | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| The Select Board will elicit input from townspeople through a warrant article at the annual town meeting | The Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| the Select Board will determine the road name | the Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| the Road Commissioner shall inspect the driveway | the Road Commissioner | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (6)
| Road Conditions | SELECT BOARD ORDERS The Select Board reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #49 $128,469.92 accounts payable WARRANT #50 $ 10,333.60 payroll ROAD CONDITIONS 1. | $128,469.92; $ 10,333.60 |
| Dvfiber Assistance | DVFIBER ASSISTANCE The town has requested the return of the unused $7,500.00 given to DVFiber to help people in need with set up costs. | $7,500.00 |
| MOTION by Mike Denault to allocate the remaining $7,500.00 of ARPA funds for highway depar | MOTION by Mike Denault to allocate the remaining $7,500.00 of ARPA funds for highway department infrastructure improvements. | $7,500.00 |
| 26 Appendix 6.02 Driveway Permit # __________ Permit Fee: $ 20.00 & Recording Fee: $ 15.00 | 26 Appendix 6.02 Driveway Permit # __________ Permit Fee: $ 20.00 & Recording Fee: $ 15.00 = Total of $ 35.00_. | $ 20.00; $ 15.00; $ 35.00 |
| See appendix 6.02 for the application form.) 29 Appendix 6.03 Utility Permit # __________ | (See appendix 6.02 for the application form.) 29 Appendix 6.03 Utility Permit # __________ Permit Fee: $ 20.00 & Recording Fee: $ 15.00_ = Total of $ 35.00_. | $ 20.00; $ 15.00; $ 35.00 |
| Permit fee $20.00 and recording fee $15.00 (both non-refundable) | Permit fee $20.00 and recording fee $15.00 (both non-refundable). | $20.00; $15.00 |
Public comment (14)
| Debra Burchard | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Laura Champagne | Laura Champagne noted that snowmobilers use that loop. |
| 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 felt the Select Board should have contacted the Ethics Committee. |
| Brian Jowett | Brian Jowett said he is a snowmobile rider too and will plow lightly. |
| Luke McKay | Luke McKay was invited to participate. |
| Beth Thomas | Beth Thomas stated that the School Board has identified some building maintenance costs that would be appropriate for the town to pick up. |
| 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 |
| James Stimpson | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Trevor Tatro | Tatro Permit is not valid until site is viewed and permit is signed by the Road Commissioner 28 Permits-driveway revised 9-17-19 & 10-21-10 (last revision 12/19/2024) 4.16 DRIVEWAYS, ENTRANCES AND APPROACHES The property owner who wishes to build a driveway shall obtain a permit |
| an unknown visitor | 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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Speaker 3: Commercial item. How do I do it? Commercial item. Yes.
Speaker 4: I think permission to plow the whole thing.
Speaker 5: Better walk to them.
Speaker 7: reimbursing us 40 percent so what i'm going to suggest in your budget put a little extra money
Speaker 3: get an update this year is it 50 percent of the recommendations or 50 percent
Speaker 8: items the penalty was because we didn't hit 50 of the items mentioned of all of the safety features
Speaker 4: was 10 we had to do five five
Speaker 9: they don't say tell us they don't say we didn't say that in which five is it the big ones
Speaker 10: they don't like our wood stove or something they don't like solid no fuel burn they don't
Speaker 3: So any housekeeping you need to do, you can do. Yep. I like that you made a motion to approve it.
Speaker 11: You just didn't say that we made that decision as a board to what, to allow it to happen. So then you're a knowledge or not.
Speaker 11: Well, I'm sorry, but at that time, so I have to get my attorney involved together.
Speaker 12: So you know, and when you come in, so if that's true, I'm not debating you on one, one issue,
Speaker 3: And then they
Speaker 13: go back to it. Unfortunately, we did
Speaker 11: I don't know that. I think you're
Speaker 11: Yes, that is correct. So if you go and just
Speaker 15: coming term.
Speaker 5: For changing the pay? Well, no.
Speaker 10: Actually, when you do
Speaker 16: we need to do. Bylaws or ordinance?
Speaker 12: I just think
Speaker 17: it would behoove,
Speaker 12: We have someone
Speaker 10: Tax collector.
Speaker 5: You can't run for those two positions.
Speaker 18: From the
Speaker 19: And you don't know.
Speaker 20: I guess I was trying to get past the argument part of it.
Speaker 3: and she didn't come.
Speaker 16: No, you had brought it up.
Speaker 21: I just, again, I think that it would behoove you guys,
Speaker 22: Just close enough.
Speaker 23: Have to is different than want to.
Speaker 5: No.
Speaker 11: Taxes, but what if it's a part of your taxes, not your taxes?
Speaker 17: That's only for one year.
Speaker 9: Or two-year.
Speaker 16: Step.
Speaker 21: Kurt, but he's not here.
Speaker 21: Where are you supposed to go from here? Well, I think like what you said is, it's a no-brainer.
Speaker 17: It's ridiculous to have somebody in that position if they're going to have to continue
Speaker 17: And that's the point here.
Speaker 24: It doesn't matter.
Speaker 10: She had a vote.
Speaker 10: Did her opinion or her vote matter?
Speaker 11: There's no but.
Speaker 11: But you know.
Speaker 25: Delinquent tax collector.
Speaker 12: Yep.
Speaker 3: Exactly.
Speaker 12: That was a lot.
Speaker 10: Is there anything you want to say?
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 3: I'm not voting. You did vote on it.
Speaker 3: That you will have to.
Speaker 26: And it's out.
Speaker 4: I just want to say.
Speaker 17: If it's not legal, of course we can't do it.
Speaker 10: We'll deal with that when it comes out.
Speaker 9: No problem.
Speaker 25: I don't think it's going to be an issue in the next year. I don't think it's going to be an issue in the next year.
Speaker 20: Yeah.
Speaker 10: I know one guy doesn't want to do it
Speaker 3: we screwed up on the screw up
Speaker 10: no the fire truck one oh the fire truck
Speaker 11: two yays so we're good
Speaker 4: when they accepted
Speaker 27: they allow both of them to sit
Speaker 25: until it's resolved
Speaker 12: I got the wilds ballots
Speaker 17: going to happen
Speaker 28: yeah but I think that's
Speaker 17: right but if the wilds like
Speaker 16: challenges right
Speaker 4: two years ago
Speaker 9: two of my kids that are on
Speaker 10: I think so
Speaker 5: that he lived here if he lived here
Speaker 5: I'm just amazed at the amount of voters that's passed
Speaker 12: you're right it doesn't hurt
Speaker 5: well Laurie knows everybody now
Speaker 9: it's been marked for years
Speaker 10: they'll help us
Speaker 5: no they're not cutting in
Speaker 16: do any damage to the
Speaker 20: what a mess
Speaker 16: okay
Speaker 5: anything else Laurie new or old
Speaker 5: I would like to get that done
Speaker 9: on the side
Speaker 5: 23 years
Speaker 11: every six years the state is going to require it
Speaker 18: that's the
Speaker 12: the town budget
Speaker 18: did they discuss that?
Speaker 3: we're gonna get hammered yeah let's see
Speaker 25: I have a question so so a few months ago the school board and the sub-board met and discussed possibly the idea of bringing some of the expenses that the school has to the town and just shifting that not making it more just shifting how it gets paid for in the budget on the school
Speaker 29: where has that ever gone?
Speaker 29: we've talked about kicking a can down the road
Speaker 25: this is going to go on forever we haven't really addressed the school's budget we're addressing the Supervisory Union's budget so I think once we get that then we can do
Speaker 25: that's that time it's come up to actually
Speaker 25: but I can bring it up we have to cancel our meeting tomorrow I mean tonight so we can maybe bring it up at our next meeting when we start doing our budget talk let's bring this to the town so we identify line items that would be appropriate for the town to pick up
Speaker 10: and show that the school budget
Speaker 29: dollar for dollar
Speaker 25: I don't know if they understand but the reason we're talking about that is because when our school budget goes to the state we have to chunk out so they can do their work and then we get a little tiny chunk of it back so if we can take some of that money that we send to the state you get dollar for dollar
Speaker 25: that they won't allow I think we're talking things like building expenses like the maintenance of the building snow, whatever we pay for the whole school, the town benefits from we identified some really good I forgot what they were exactly
Speaker 25: whatever janitor the janitor has to be a security background check so they're safe to be around kids
Speaker 10: than he got paid for
Speaker 30: I understand that
Speaker 25: but they're not doing that right there was a long discussion at our last meeting and it was more about communication and how it was communicated and then we had a superintendent who wasn't familiar with our sharing the complexity of sharing the town business and the school business so he didn't understand that
Speaker 25: he does pretty good Eric is the chair Eric is the chair person Eric is the chair she does her business the superintendent gives a report we talk about the report how it affects the supervisor and the school and the principal gives a report she's phenomenal she's bringing grades up and everything but she gets her report and then Erica carries on Erica is the chair of the board and I put her down but he has because the business of the supervisor
Speaker 29: right now there's a lot of discussion
Speaker 25: because assessments are coming up we have to figure out
Speaker 10: it's open
Speaker 5: was this our last one of the year though
Speaker 7: that's our last date
Speaker 5: I don't have a problem
Speaker 5: and have a staple pen tonight
Speaker 30: call me
Speaker 25: Jesus somebody's calling me
Speaker 29: you want to buy some stuff
Speaker 12: that was a well-ordered
Speaker 3: I figured we'd go to mm-hmm my ass