Stamford Select Board — 2025-05-01 (Regular)
- Garage Door Bids
- Green Up Day
- Second Annual Resiliency Fair
- State Highway Work
- Telephone Pole Replacement
- Informational Emails
- Select Board Orders
- Road Conditions
- Pacif Insurance Visit
- Recycling
- Job Description
- Social Service Agency Appropriations Policy
- Employee Policy Handbook
- Proposed Bylaw Revision
- Changes To The Former Church Building
- All Boards Meeting
- Joint Meeting With School Board
- Election Webinar
- Solar Array
- Reminders
Motions (8, 8 passed)
let Dave Tatro choose the best option as long as it falls within the grant parameters Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
accept the regular meeting minutes of April 17, 2025 as written Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
approve the Code of Ethics Investigation and Enforcement Ordinance as written 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: 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 Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
contact the attorney to set up a meeting Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
adjourn Kurt Gamariseconded: Doug Wrightpassed
Who owes what (3)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deb Burchard asked to address the emails that were sent to the town boards | Deb Burchard | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| Nancy Bushika will set up a joint meeting | Nancy Bushika | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| the Select Board needs to put a stop to it | the Select Board | — | assigned to a town office, not to a named person. | open no date in the minutes |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (4)
| To replace the three overhead doors with an R-Value of 9.1 was $18,321.00, replacement wit | To replace the three overhead doors with an R-Value of 9.1 was $18,321.00, replacement with an R-Value of 16.2 was $19,001.00 and an R- Value of 18.4 was $19,975.00. | $18,321.00; $19,001.00; $19,975.00 |
| Road Conditions¶ ¶89 | 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 ROAD CONDITIONS 1. | $10,355.33; $35,992.13 |
| Dave Tatro said the culvert needed for the Sportsmen Road project will cost $5,500.00 and | Dave Tatro said the culvert needed for the Sportsmen Road project will cost $5,500.00 and his culvert budget amount is only 4,000.00. | $5,500.00 |
| The new dog license fees for 2025 are $18.00 for spayed/neutered dogs and $24.00 for real/ | The new dog license fees for 2025 are $18.00 for spayed/neutered dogs and $24.00 for real/intact dogs. | $18.00; $24.00 |
Public comment (11)
| 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 |
| Jedidiah Gramlin | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| Peter Greenbush | Peter Greenbush said the Planning Commission has made some changes that have improved their meetings. |
| William Levine | listed as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said |
| 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 |
| Natalie O'Neil | 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 |
Follow-ups named in the minutes
- The ordinance will be signed at the next meeting and the ordinance adoption process will begin.
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 6: It says it's quantity two.
Speaker 8: What happens to the grand one if you only spend one?
Speaker 9: Can we march?
Speaker 10: You could do the man door.
Speaker 11: We could get something else to do. Agreed.
Speaker 12: But you can get a price on that from, like you said, just go get a price.
Speaker 16: Looks like you're going to add some poles.
Speaker 17: Yeah.
Speaker 18: goes up through um the woods right to my old cross this is my boy's house then he cropped
Speaker 16: then he go down to chicago and they cross again yeah yeah they follow the old roads yeah when i
Speaker 20: was not safe they replaced right you don't recall there was a couple of guys walking around taking
Speaker 12: photos oh yeah yeah yeah when they're on town roads
Speaker 21: all right so that's on the state highway so i purposely asked just to got to this here in town
Speaker 22: sorry
Speaker 23: i think he's using lori as a kind of like a middle person and just filtering her and
Speaker 24: facts are known I don't think it should go out it is why I'm upset because it's
Speaker 25: get time to do it all i understand we don't think that comes right back we're gonna get around we
Speaker 25: it all goes back to
Speaker 25: that's not that long enough i'm looking at some of these roles that i just created well sure
Speaker 12: couple weeks you have to which is another issue you got like i don't want to pay for sheriff i
Speaker 26: we shouldn't i just there's only so many hours in a day right that would be our discussion well
Speaker 27: i need a third person
Speaker 28: for the summer hours i got the first punch oh okay
Speaker 29: are we finally good with this looks good motion sign
Speaker 30: okay I guess where are you and I are at I'll help if I can't can you make sure
Speaker 30: old business
Speaker 11: not to go on the building
Speaker 31: right
Speaker 31: we made a motion I can't do it anymore I can't talk to anybody
Speaker 32: Yes.
Speaker 31: They can combine.
Speaker 30: No.
Speaker 33: You weren't called on. No, I hadn't.
Speaker 33: I know that the state of Vermont considers churches private property. Therefore, it's still private property, no matter which way it goes. Even though people can go there and do things on that property. But it's not just . It's still considered private property. So there's really no change in use. So there's no bezel feed on it, right?
Speaker 34: I'm disgusted with that line.
Speaker 31: And that's the way it's been for years.
Speaker 17: Noun sorted.
Speaker 18: And it's not in our Bible.
Speaker 35: right, and they gave us a full booklet of what their analysis was of the building.
Speaker 32: So, the next thing.
Speaker 36: They have state permits.
Speaker 37: No, the church is the defense.
Speaker 38: Well, if there's not something that says we need to permit, fine.
Speaker 37: But I see this expressing, I was expressing to somebody earlier, I have questions.
Speaker 31: She and I talk very frequently.
Speaker 31: Yeah.
Speaker 39: That was the whole thing. Just like the sign.
Speaker 40: There isn't.
Speaker 24: I know.
Speaker 38: What does that have to do with it?
Speaker 38: Oh, sure, yeah, because that 501 number
Speaker 29: Yes.
Speaker 33: Huh? What does N-T-E-E-Tax code? What's it for? What's-
Speaker 33: Right, it has to have a non-profit, it has to have an IRS classification code. Admissions and programs. Right.
Speaker 41: E-I-N.
Speaker 30: It's the churches.
Speaker 11: It's the churches.
Speaker 30: Come on home.
Speaker 27: I know. Is there any chance? Here's the way to do it. Ask the horse. You'll get the answers. I will tell you guys this word right here. Wait. Guys. The planning commission. I do believe, I do believe that you've got some really good quality people that I work with.
Speaker 42: so anyways so back to the all boards i should set something up there and try to do that
Speaker 40: tuesdays so we don't care
Speaker 43: all we're doing is getting information right you know bob or sheila should show up for emergency
Speaker 11: and that can go from there well what was the open meeting law you know just recently the
Speaker 42: No, I did mention to Lori.
Speaker 11: I did mention to Lori.
Speaker 30: Just kidding.
Speaker 39: I don't know where you're getting it.
Speaker 17: Is it allowed?
Speaker 42: It's a public utility.
Speaker 17: Yeah, so I don't think you have to abide by any of our zoning bylaws.
Speaker 44: Yeah.
Speaker 17: Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 17: We would purchase the.
Speaker 17: And so, and then, and all the benefits from it comes to the town.
Speaker 45: there's a price for a grid tie yeah
Speaker 46: down there
Speaker 46: capacity
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.