Stamford Select Board — 2026-06-04 (Regular)
Nancy L. BushikaKurt GamariJedidiah GramlinJohn Dunnabsent: Michael G. Denault
Regular selectboard meeting on June 4, 2026, with Chair Nancy L. Bushika, Kurt Gamari, Jedidiah Gramlin, and John Dunn present; Michael G. Denault absent. Bob Briggs (unlabeled speaker) presented the 2026 Local Emergency Management Plan, which was approved and signed. The board also approved the May 21 and May 26 (special meeting) records/orders and a two-week grand list extension, discussed the new dump truck's financing, and deferred the truck loan decision to the next meeting.
On the agenda
- Pledge / welcome and roll call
- Agenda changes (add truck loan information; correspondence)
- Public comment: Bob Briggs - Local Emergency Management Plan
- Approval of the 2026 Local Emergency Management Plan
- 9-1-1 letter report (67 letters)
- Approval of records and orders, May 21 and May 26 (special meeting)
- Highway update (paving schedule, new superintendent)
- Truck loan / financing information
- Recycling update
- FEMA risk map / Hudson-Hoosick River watershed study
- Tax anticipation note
- Correspondence (property evaluation; grand list extension; June 17 civil-authority webinar)
- New business (Village District, planning commission, flood-resilience bylaws)
Motions (4, 3 passed)
Approve and sign the 2026 Local Emergency Management Plan mover not statedpassed
“can I have a motion that we approve this and I can sign it”
'All in favor? All right. Signed and done.' No numeric vote count stated.
Approve records and orders, May 21 mover not statedpassed
Combined record-approval discussion; a 'second' was called; no numeric vote count stated.
Approve records and orders, May 26 (special meeting) mover not statedpassed
'All in favor? Aye.'
Approve the two-week grand list extension request Nancy L. Bushika (Chair)no-formal-vote
“can I have a motion to approve this... we asked for a two-week extension”
Motion made and seconded; the chair had already signed the extension request on behalf of the board/town. No explicit recorded vote ('all in favor/aye') was captured in the transcript.
not matched to a paragraph in the transcript
Other decisions
| Truck loan / financing decision deferred | Board discussed financing for a new dump truck (~$150,000): Adam's Community Bank offered 7.4% over 5 years, Ford dealer credit 7.59%, and Berkshire (now Beacon) Bank submitted no quote. The board agreed to hold off on the decision until the next meeting; if costs/interest creep up, a special meeting could be considered. The board has prior permission to draw from the land sale fund if needed. |
Who owes what (6)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obtain the school/principal contact and confirm phone numbers for the Local Emergency Management Plan | Bob Briggs | — | Plans to visit the principal's office to get ahold of the school. | open no date in the minutes |
| Review the FEMA risk map / Hudson-Hoosick River watershed study and determine required action | Kurt Gamari | — | Chair to send a copy; Kurt has copies and to look into it. | open no date in the minutes ¶ ¶96 |
| Hold off on the truck loan and report back once requirements are confirmed | Lori | — | 'Hold off, Lori.' Board to see what is needed first. | open no date in the minutes ¶ ¶90 |
| Provide information on the tax anticipation note (line of credit vs. short-term loan) | Lori | next meeting | Hoping to have the comparison by the next meeting. | open no date in the minutes |
| File the FEMA/correspondence documents | Lori | — | Chair to get a copy to Lori to file. | open no date in the minutes |
| Record in the 9-1-1 sheet that the vacant land will not receive a sign | Lori and Bob | — | 67 letters sent; some respondents indicated the land is vacant, no sign. | open no date in the minutes |
Statuses come from data/action_status.json, which only a person changes; "overdue" means the minutes gave a date and that date has passed. Mark one done with
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (6)
| New dump truck purchase | Stated truck price; financing options under discussion. | $150,000 |
| Truck loan - Adam's Community Bank¶ ¶5 | 7.4% interest over 5 years. | — |
| Truck loan - Ford dealer credit¶ ¶5 | 7.59% on the $150,000 truck. | — |
| Truck loan - Berkshire (now Beacon) Bank¶ ¶5 | Quote requested; nothing submitted. | — |
| Town funds available toward the truck | Highway equipment fund $22,000; a 'sales fund' balance of '178' mentioned (figure unclear); land sale fund described as largely used up; board has prior permission to draw from the land sale fund. | $22,000 (highway equipment fund) |
| Tax anticipation note | Comparing a line of credit vs. a short-term loan; information expected at the next meeting. | — |
Public comment (1)
| Bob Briggs | 2026 Local Emergency Management Plan: removed the former emergency management coordinator, updated selectboard info, added a warming station at the Stamford Town Library (open hours), preferred shelter-in-place over opening a town emergency shelter (redirect residents to Bennington/North Adams), and noted limited transportation options (teacher's bus line). |
Follow-ups named in the minutes
- Decide on the truck loan/financing at the next meeting (deferred from tonight).
- Kurt to review the FEMA risk map / Hudson-Hoosick watershed study and report any required actions.
- Lori to bring the tax anticipation note comparison (line of credit vs. short-term loan) to the next meeting.
- Grand list abstract to be filed after the approved two-week extension (assessor's personal circumstances delayed today's filing).
- Confirm/correct contact numbers in the Local Emergency Management Plan (school/principal).
- Note in the 9-1-1 sheet that vacant land will not receive a sign.
- June 17 online webinar: civil authority training, 6:00-7:30 p.m., free refresher.
- Paving scheduled around June 16-19, with chip seal at a later date.
- Planning commission / Village District: river corridors & wetlands and flood mapping at the Monday meeting; flood-resilience chapter of the zoning bylaws.
What the extraction was unsure about
- Most speakers are unlabeled ('Speaker 1' through 'Speaker 16'); their identities were not inferred. Bob Briggs is identified only because the chair introduced him as the visitor presenting the Local Emergency Management Plan; 'Lori' and 'Kurt' are referenced by first name in the transcript.
- The truck loan was discussed in detail but NOT voted on; the board informally agreed to hold off (no formal motion or vote).
- No numeric vote count was stated for any motion (only 'all in favor / aye'), so all vote fields are null.
- The grand list extension was moved and seconded, but the transcript does not capture an explicit recorded vote, so outcome is marked 'no-formal-vote'.
- The 'sales fund ... 178' figure is unclear/possibly garbled in the transcript and is reported without a confident amount.
- Front matter has no 'part' field, so 'part' is null; this appears to be a single (complete) session.
Transcript
114 paragraphs · 1 of the diarized voices in this
recording carry a name; the rest stay "Speaker N" because the archive cannot match them to the
minutes without guessing.
114 paragraphs
Speaker 1 — the same voice as in 39 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 2 — the same voice as in 58 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 3 — the same voice as in 5 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 4 — the same voice as in 40 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 5 — no voiceprint match
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Speaker 8 — no voiceprint match
Speaker 9 — no voiceprint match
Speaker 10 — the same voice as in 30 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 11 — the same voice as in 38 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 12 — no voiceprint match
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Speaker 14 — no voiceprint match
Speaker 15 — no voiceprint match
Speaker 16 — no voiceprint match
Speaker 2 — the same voice as in 58 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 3 — the same voice as in 5 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 4 — the same voice as in 40 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 5 — no voiceprint match
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Speaker 9 — no voiceprint match
Speaker 10 — the same voice as in 30 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 11 — the same voice as in 38 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
Speaker 12 — no voiceprint match
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Speaker 14 — no voiceprint match
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Speaker 16 — no voiceprint match
Speaker 5: I was just curious if there was any public services or not.
Speaker 6: You should definitely try to show up there in place.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm sure if someone looked at it, they'd figure it out.
Speaker 8: You're welcome.
Speaker 9: And we can go from there.
Speaker 9: I worry.
Speaker 8: Motion.
Speaker 8: All in favor?
Speaker 12: They'll be able to get through.
Speaker 12: lot of the yeah sand so yeah i mean there's less maintenance on the black yes years i've cleaned it on each for once years yeah you can see it when you go up up the road it's all over the side of
Speaker 13: didn't submit anything on the table and you need us to make a decision tonight because you'll need the money right away or very soon once you decide where you're going to go
Speaker 14: We might be able to hold off, if we have to have a special meeting,
Speaker 15: A merchant bank that I used to work with, and so I'm trying to get money quick.
Speaker 16: Anything else under new business?
Transcribed 2026-09-04 (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.