Stamford Select Board — 2025-04-17 (Regular)
- Paving Bids
- Green Mountain National Forest Update
- Green Up Day
- Second Annual Resiliency Fair
- Building Renovation
- Select Board Orders
- Financials
- Road Conditions
- Recycling
- Proposed Bylaw Revision
- Job Descriptions
- Employee Policy Handbook
- Social Service Agency Appropriations Policy
- Town Website
- Local Election
- Open Meeting Law Webinar
- Keys To Town Office/Building
- Peddler/Food Truck Ordinance
- Administrative Constable
- Uniform Municipal Excess Weight Permits
- Reminders
Motions (12, 12 passed)
find that premature general public knowledge of a personnel matter would place the town at a substantial disad Nancy Bushikaseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
enter executive session for employee reviews pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(1)(B) Nancy Bushikaseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
exit executive session Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
accept the bid received from All States Construction, Inc. as presented Kurt Gamariseconded: John Dunnpassed
accept the regular meeting minutes of April 3, 2025 as written John Dunnseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
accept the special meeting minutes of March 27, 2025 as written Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
approve the Social Service Agency Appropriations Policy without changes John Dunnseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
find that premature public discussion of a pending or probable civil litigation would place the town at a subs Nancy Bushikaseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
enter executive session for a pending or probable civil litigation pursuant to 1 V.S.A. § 313(a)(1)(F) Nancy Bushikaseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
exit executive session John Dunnseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
contact the attorney to expedite the matter Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
adjourn Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
Who owes what (3)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Saldo will invite his contact to attend the public hearing to review and discuss the Bylaw sign wording | Dave Saldo | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| Nancy Bushika stated that the town needs to look into cloud storage so that the audio recording of meetings can be uploaded to the website | Nancy Bushika | — | the minutes phrase this as a report; the obligation is the point, not the statement. | open no date in the minutes |
| The Select Board will review for the next meeting | The Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes ¶ ¶12 |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (5)
| Paving Bids | PAVING BIDS The Selectboard received one bid from All States Construction, Inc.: 1” hot mix asphalt shim at $120.00/ton for $150,000.00 and a single chip seal at $3.65/square yard for $81,033.65. | $120.00/ton for ; $150,000.00; $3.65/square yard fo; $81,033.65 |
| Financials | SELECT BOARD ORDERS The Select Board reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #15 $10,355.33 payroll WARRANT #16 $35,992.13 accounts payable FINANCIALS The Select Board reviewed financial statements for the month of March 2025. | $10,355.33; $35,992.13 |
| The repair cost was over $7,200.00¶ ¶200 | The repair cost was over $7,200.00. | $7,200.00 |
| Dave Tatro anticipates the 50 foot culvert would cost $5,500.00 and maybe a deal could be | Dave Tatro anticipates the 50 foot culvert would cost $5,500.00 and maybe a deal could be worked out with Alpenwald and Barcus to install it. | $5,500.00 |
| 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 (15)
| Debra Burchard | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Laura Champagne | Laura Champagne asked if the highway crew could work on Brown Brook Road as the metal culvert is sticking up as well as a lot of rocks. |
| Alden Finney | 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 |
| Sheila Lawrence | Sheila Lawrence was invited to participate and requested that Dave Saldo attend as well. |
| Marta Miller | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Thomas Nazzewski | 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 |
| Ron Pulchaski | 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 |
| David Saldo | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Diane Saldo | 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 |
Follow-ups named in the minutes
- Jim Henderson from the Bennington County Regional Commission (BCRC) will visit next week to pick out the next project for the mandated Grant-in-Aid project.
- EMPLOYEE POLICY HANDBOOK The Select Board will review for the next meeting.
- The policy 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
Speaker 2 — the same voice as in 9 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
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Speaker 6: Right there.
Speaker 8: We have a grant.
Speaker 8: No.
Speaker 8: No, we were... $85,000?
Speaker 8: That's what we figured.
Speaker 12: though well yeah well this is all a big piece that's right yes yes but oh that's right oh i thought
Speaker 13: Was it further up?
Speaker 13: Yes.
Speaker 16: it's on the forest so there are ways to get like you're talking specifically the broadbrook
Speaker 17: that's essentially what broadbrook broadbrook did yeah a couple houses over in lamestown and
Speaker 18: stamford i've seen the pipes mark they're not going to do it anymore they're going to dismantle
Speaker 19: stamford
Speaker 20: you have to manage for that right who keeps track of all the railways to their properties
Speaker 21: ask those schedule it so we can get back and that's how where would you keep all that uh those
Speaker 16: so
Speaker 22: So it's open, is it on the VASA network now?
Speaker 23: We were kinda waiting until we got 301 before we went back and had it. We're still working very close with law enforcement because there's still, there's still a lot of, we call them cowboys or whatever.
Speaker 23: There's a little more patrol up in that area.
Speaker 23: what happened to that meeting on the 10th of April you guys were supposed to have? The round table?
Speaker 23: All the user groups were supposed to sit down and talk about a lot of this stuff?
Speaker 22: We have some paperwork,
Speaker 23: I don't know if they got given to you, yeah? No. There was another thing we were gonna talk about last week at that meeting.
Speaker 22: federally funded, that RTP program.
Speaker 23: I don't know if they even did that yet. Yeah.
Speaker 23: They don't really want to even go up there, because, I mean, there's more than just ATVs. You have Jeeps and trucks.
Speaker 24: Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 23: We'll be talking to you guys, because they're going to be coming down, there's a small section up on Stagecoach from Ryder Clear, the old Ryder farm, out to the Stonebridge.
Speaker 22: I'm not going to finish that up.
Speaker 22: And law enforcement keeps on talking.
Speaker 23: It'd be easier for them to patrol. Instead of driving all the way down here with the trailers, and the wheeler is to unload down here, just to unload in one place, and Woodford, just drive along.
Speaker 23: Oh, on Stamford Stream? Well, you have to go up to Prospect Timbers, go over the Kelly Bridge, and that little 391
Speaker 25: Thank you.
Speaker 23: Bye. Thank you. Bye. Yep. See you. for that. we get another one. Yes. Please. All right. Thank you. A report. Thank you. . Back there.
Speaker 27: Yes, they're amazing.
Speaker 28: Thank you.
Speaker 29: Or knock down a slab?
Speaker 13: Well, let me tell you where I'm sorry.
Speaker 13: and come on.
Speaker 30: It's a state permit.
Speaker 30: Just like the sign.
Speaker 13: I mean, the state rules.
Speaker 31: Thank you.
Speaker 32: I was not here with the 27th.
Speaker 33: I'll motion for the third. Second.
Speaker 33: Aye.
Speaker 33: Motion for the third. Motion for the second.
Speaker 34: Thank you.
Speaker 35: Thank you.
Speaker 36: Day-grown conditions?
Speaker 8: I believe so.
Speaker 34: There you go.
Speaker 8: Dave.
Speaker 33: That's why.
Speaker 33: You've got a hand up over here.
Speaker 37: I am.
Speaker 38: system shouldn't be involved in any of that.
Speaker 39: trying to solve stuff no town work being we're not no no i'm not saying that
Speaker 40: Well, I'm looking at it.
Speaker 41: So you only told us we had to change the date.
Speaker 42: For the sign section.
Speaker 28: I know. Get out of the way. I'm going to swat your hands.
Speaker 41: I can't remember.
Speaker 33: I mean, every sign in the state is a violation.
Speaker 43: Yeah.
Speaker 44: Well, it goes to where it's saying it is.
Speaker 45: Yeah.
Speaker 31: Yeah.
Speaker 46: I mean
Speaker 44: Yeah, we've got.
Speaker 44: Well, this was another point I want to make.
Speaker 47: Exactly.
Speaker 47: I agree.
Speaker 46: Yeah.
Speaker 47: So.
Speaker 48: on a case-by-case basis.
Speaker 49: I think that's already in the ..
Speaker 28: Can I just ask then, what circumstance would you not want to take from the determination?
Speaker 49: No, we're not going to be held to that.
Speaker 28: All right. It just feels like if you're in Seattle, and then you don't pick from that pool, you just say, I'm going to pick Kurt. It's like, why are you picking Kurt?
Speaker 49: Well, if the situation comes up, and see,
Speaker 28: Do you see what I mean? Like, if you have a pool, and you say, I don't want to pick from the pool. I want to pick Michael G. Denault. People might say, why are you leaning towards Michael G. Denault? And I'm not even part of it. That might look the same to me.
Speaker 43: Go ahead.
Speaker 50: Laura, you had your hand raised.
Speaker 51: Here's your file.
Speaker 31: Sheila,
Speaker 50: Structure?
Speaker 37: Board of civil authority.
Speaker 52: Right.
Speaker 53: That's why I thought we were safe.
Speaker 54: But it was a committee
Speaker 42: of caution.
Speaker 42: So,
Speaker 31: I guess you could give it to Jim.
Speaker 55: I was yesterday.
Speaker 28: That was a worry. But what I'm hearing is Pete can give the key to one of us.
Speaker 31: Or come get it.
Speaker 56: I don't think that's a responsible thing to do.
Speaker 57: We shouldn't be trying to put up walls
Speaker 58: Hey, you never know when
Speaker 42: that's living next door
Speaker 59: We have control over it
Speaker 33: I think food trucks here at a certain time of day or year could do quite well
Speaker 44: That's where he lives
Speaker 33: Yeah, I was curious how much business I don't know
Speaker 33: I don't know It would be convenient for one of the hikers to come along There's a food truck in the middle of nowhere What? I didn't like going to that kielbasa I know I know He was like I don't want to cook tonight and then he'd be close Anyways So if you have it
Speaker 60: and I'll play around with it
Speaker 61: I was
Speaker 62: Do you remember the David Vaughn truck?
Speaker 41: a year ago
Speaker 63: They took away the
Speaker 57: They took away the chocolate taco
Speaker 52: Plain rolls
Speaker 52: Rome's
Speaker 52: Special meals
Speaker 64: Yeah that's long
Speaker 51: on public
Speaker 42: It's the same thing
Speaker 42: So they don't need it for private property?
Speaker 51: Oh
Speaker 65: But you can say
Speaker 60: We can do whatever we want
Speaker 41: Any other new business?
Speaker 66: Pardon?
Speaker 33: I mean Unless you currently are
Speaker 58: It was that quick
Speaker 51: Am I right? Where's that?
Speaker 52: So if you want to repaint your house And scrape the paint off the outside
Speaker 57: It protects the neighbor
Speaker 41: And all the dust is blowing towards your house
Speaker 67: Environmental health or whatever it is
Speaker 68: I mean he's not wrong
Speaker 63: Yeah
Speaker 63: But rebuild into the same
Speaker 65: Has been changed
Speaker 65: Well what's the permit now
Speaker 31: I can't find that
Speaker 54: Then you don't need the new structure
Speaker 69: No in the garage So he could fit his car in there
Speaker 33: It was a general store What's a pad out back for That was the bingo hall In the church It was a meat locker In the back Where you could just Put your money in
Speaker 70: It was a general store
Speaker 52: But the bingo
Speaker 71: When did that come down
Speaker 64: Or just help Salvation
Speaker 53: That would enforce it
Speaker 31: did we make them give us no no so what are we doing why are we sending this to luke now is it
Speaker 72: near water so that's not about that carefully is there still an owner paying taxes on that
Speaker 31: well he's in jail he's in jail he's in jail for arson yeah
Speaker 63: going to be years this blight is going to be there for years so we need a health officer to
Speaker 41: us from remodeling our house and that comes during assessment and you're allowed to go
Speaker 53: if you allow to go into a house who are you going to expect it all what's that she's going to come
Speaker 34: need a permit because if we're taking asbestos out of the house the all state stuff the state's not
Speaker 53: going to i mean they're going to come out of stamford every week and say oh yes yeah i don't
Speaker 52: permit so we took that down and a lot of us we should have just left us left to sign up with
Speaker 34: it i mean everyone in the room likes ice cream yeah yeah if it's but if it's against our bylaws
Speaker 51: it's perfectly legal or they can park they can park there yeah it's perfectly legal for them to
Speaker 28: out we don't have any of them of
Speaker 73: If it's on our road, not on the main road.
Speaker 47: I'm just saying 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.