Stamford Select Board — 2025-04-03 (Regular)
- Mowing Bids
- Green Up Day
- Second Annual Resiliency Fair
- Sportsmen Road/Suzanne Drive
- Class 4 Plowing Request
- Select Board Orders
- Road Conditions
- Recycling
- Proposed Bylaw Revision
- Appointed Officials
- Ethics Investigators Pool
- Dog Reserve Fund Guidelines
- Job Descriptions
- Merp Request For Proposal
- Conservation Commission
- Warning For Election
- Agency Of Transportation Documents
- Town Sign
- Uniform Municipal Excess Weight Permits
- Forgette Road Complaint
- Emergency Management Training
- Reminders
Motions (16, 16 passed)
accept the bid received from Big Paw Firewood & Landscaping, LLC Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
accept the regular meeting minutes of March 20, 2025 as written Mike Denaultseconded: John Dunnpassed
accept and sign the Conflict of Interest and Ethical Conduct Policy with the proposed revisions Mike Denaultseconded: Nancy Bushikapassed
adopt the Dog Reserve Fund Guidelines as written John Dunnseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
sign the Dog Reserve Fund Guidelines John Dunnseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
approve the Road Commissioner job description as written Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
approve the Highway Laborer job description as written Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
accept the resignations from Peter Greenbush and Lisa Gramlin from the Conservation Commission with regret Nancy Bushikaseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
appoint Lisa Gardner to the three years remaining on a four year term previously vacated by Marta Miller and N Doug Wrightseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
sign the warning to hold an election for the three lister positions on May 14, 2025 Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
sign the Annual Financial Plan for Town Highways, the Certificate of Compliance, and the Town Road and Bridge Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
approve the Uniform Municipal Excess Weight Permit applications from Casella Construction, Barrett Trucking Co John Dunnseconded: Mike Denaultpassed
find that premature public discussion of a pending or probable civil litigation would place the town at a subs Nancy Bushikaseconded: John Dunnpassed
enter executive session for a pending or probable civil litigation pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(1)(F) Nancy Bushikaseconded: John Dunnpassed
exit executive session Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
adjourn Mike Denaultseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
Who owes what (5)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Select Board will review the Bylaws and propose any changes at the next meeting and set a public hearing date | The Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| The Select Board will keep their names in the pool in the event a complaint is received | The Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| The board will discuss the job with the School Directors at the joint meeting | The board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes ¶ ¶445 |
| The Select Board will send out notices of the election with the school’s mailing | The Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
| The clerk will look into it | The clerk | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (7)
| Yard Work by Dan for $200.00 per mowing, which includes mowing, trimming and cleaning off | Yard Work by Dan for $200.00 per mowing, which includes mowing, trimming and cleaning off clippings. | $200.00 per mowing |
| He also included a bid of $750.00 for spring cleanup prior to mowing | He also included a bid of $750.00 for spring cleanup prior to mowing. | $750.00 |
| Big Paw Firewood & Landscaping, LLC for $200.00 per mowing, with an additional bid of $500 | Big Paw Firewood & Landscaping, LLC for $200.00 per mowing, with an additional bid of $500.00 to replace the plow-damaged lawn, add topsoil, seed and straw. | $200.00 per mowing; $500.00 |
| Tammy Elias stated that she received a quote of $3,000.00 to clean up and repair her drive | Tammy Elias stated that she received a quote of $3,000.00 to clean up and repair her driveway. | $3,000.00 |
| Road Conditions | SELECT BOARD ORDERS The Select Board reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #13 $ 8,880.82 payroll WARRANT #14 $46,277.87 accounts payable ROAD CONDITIONS 1. | $ 8,880.82; $46,277.87 |
| Dave Tatro felt a third person would increase his budget by $100,000 and he would rather s | Dave Tatro felt a third person would increase his budget by $100,000 and he would rather see that money put into paving our dirt roads. | $100,000 |
| The new dog license fees for 2025 are $16.00 for spayed/neutered dogs and $20.00 for real/ | The new dog license fees for 2025 are $16.00 for spayed/neutered dogs and $20.00 for real/intact dogs. | $16.00; $20.00 |
Public comment (16)
| Michael Cole | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Tammy Elias | Tammy Elias stated that she received a quote of $3,000.00 to clean up and repair her driveway. |
| Lisa Gardner | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Cindy Gonska | 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 |
| Peter Greenbush | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| William Levine | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Marta Miller | Marta Miller invited everyone to participate in this community event. |
| Michael Murphy | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Sheila | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| 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 |
| Walter Winship | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
Follow-ups named in the minutes
- He is hoping to begin grading the drier areas next week.
- The Select Board will review the Bylaws and propose any changes at the next meeting and set a public hearing date.
- The Transfer Station Monitor job description was approved by the board and will be signed at the next meeting.
- Both job descriptions will be signed at the next meeting.
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 1: Michael G. Denault, Nancy Bushika,
Speaker 3: No, thank you. Here's one. I'm good. That one, anyway.
Speaker 6: I think we put in there
Speaker 7: Didn't we call it?
Speaker 1: The $50 goes to the state.
Speaker 10: just looking to get started again yep dave he's got some information so yesterday i got the
Speaker 11: been there before you know what i mean so yeah i have a question what does that do to the hydraulic
Speaker 10: size culvert are you thinking of putting in there i would put a 24 in minimum um what about time
Speaker 12: so it's great that i'm sitting here i'm i'm mike burke he's aaron's father and from here
Speaker 10: be an opportunity for him to have consultation i'm sure they will because they can't do anything
Speaker 1: there like those existing we can just change it so will it be going down heading towards more
Speaker 11: to come off no i agree i'm surprised a little bit yeah so does anything that you guys are talking
Speaker 13: about have action 15 involved in them just one one option one option one the most effective but
Speaker 13: is there something temporarily that doesn't involve the army for years or
Speaker 11: so kind of well there's two options that wouldn't require an act 250 or the army for right um
Speaker 10: help you and i know it's the way it is you can try to alleviate problems in the future
Speaker 3: you want whatever it's up to you um see what i could do to uh plow from uh shank road and down to wally dolly's old place
Speaker 1: don't know when you come no not yet
Speaker 16: oh she's got the change anyway yeah okay before i printed it i checked it one more time sorry i
Speaker 17: sixteen two and top of flint's gross off this is the yeah
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 10: It doesn't hurt to add to it.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: And you can do that here or on your own computer, right?
Speaker 18: It's free, yeah, you can do it anywhere.
Speaker 7: Is there a second?
Speaker 11: Yeah, I was kinda lost.
Speaker 1: It's never an issue.
Speaker 11: owner says i can't afford it i'm not you know you know you can't do that
Speaker 10: we did send tickets to them but they paid the court system yeah
Speaker 19: It can't be a line item in the tax bill?
Speaker 20: I couldn't.
Speaker 12: Yeah.
Speaker 21: Are you putting the lawn?
Speaker 11: Right.
Speaker 7: Okay, Lord.
Speaker 12: Part-time.
Speaker 22: It's hard to do that.
Speaker 23: It's got to be more than someone that's into it.
Speaker 24: Can we move on?
Speaker 1: Motion to accept.
Speaker 3: Can you get in your rhythm? I want you to go... Go quick and also I can justify...
Speaker 11: No.
Speaker 7: Well, that's all right.
Speaker 7: Yeah, if we wanna wait until your first meeting, we're just open the .
Speaker 10: It's a little hot in there.
Speaker 1: You gotta, you can't mock it.
Speaker 10: Yeah, drink some water.
Speaker 1: Okay.
Speaker 25: Oh, okay.
Speaker 26: What are you guys going to do?
Speaker 26: Thank you.
Speaker 1: i wouldn't make that motion to sign this is um just to elect the following officer
Speaker 27: the thing is we have no idea when they're elected
Speaker 10: so we're going to replace mara's and then pete's four-year term who do we want to
Speaker 10: lisa's first
Speaker 28: they were left out
Speaker 7: by obstetrics
Speaker 23: for celebrities
Speaker 12: itself right it's a violation of the ethics and i assume you 100 so that's something that i brought
Speaker 23: that we're referring to right now are three of the best people that have happened in a long time on these boards and so it's disheartening that this happened well we uh i'm not saying the ethical
Speaker 10: oh they're about four years yeah four years
Speaker 24: they were working on budgets and so maybe i'll wait until yeah i was i was thinking more towards
Speaker 11: forth that'll help you uh yeah our fans of things look over them their requirements the other day
Speaker 13: worth a read if you guys haven't read it yeah it will help you you know it should give you more
Speaker 13: and doing it correctly so there's nobody's complaining but this is going to be a one-time
Speaker 1: we were going to donate all this donation so some of that money
Speaker 10: but i'll get bits don't call the people that are bidding that but okay so what's the number
Speaker 6: the first sign was the gray one the old one we took down it was a quad square feet
Speaker 6: right
Speaker 11: So the new Bible, we should get a bid for a new sign, just new, so we don't have to do 64, no, up to 64.
Speaker 26: But I still.
Speaker 12: You got a new one there?
Speaker 12: 0.
Speaker 10: 0.
Speaker 6: They're a trucking, a sell-off.
Speaker 21: It's a cash $10 check.
Speaker 1: Done. We're doing nothing there.
Speaker 3: Can't you take it?
Speaker 3: if I take a PILD course like that.
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.