Stamford Select Board — 2026-08-06 (Regular)
- Hearing Of Visitors
- Selectboard Orders
- Highway Update
- Recycling
- Tax Bill Insert
- Errors And Omissions Form
- Paving Loan
- August Primary Election
- Reappraisal
- Delinquent Dog List
- Reminders
Motions (7, 7 passed)
approve the regular meeting minutes of July 16, 2026 as written Kurt Gamariseconded: Jed Gramlinpassed
accept and sign the grant agreement John Dunnseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
accept and sign the grant agreement John Dunnseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
accept the tax bill insert Kurt Gamariseconded: Nancy Bushikapassed
sign the initial papers required by Adams Community Bank Jed Gramlinseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
authorize Nancy Bushika to sign the loan agreement and other necessary paperwork to complete the loan process Jed Gramlinseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
adjourn Jed Gramlinseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
Who owes what (3)
| Action | Owner | By when | Note | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cindy Lamore will talk to the School Directors about removing the slide | Cindy Lamore | — | open no date in the minutes | |
| Cindy Lamore said there will be school on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 during the General Election | Cindy Lamore | — | the minutes phrase this as a report; the obligation is the point, not the statement. | open no date in the minutes |
| Nancy Bushika said the state is leaning toward requiring a reappraisal every four to six years, which will be 2030 for Stamford | Nancy Bushika | — | the minutes phrase this as a report; the obligation is the point, not the statement. | open no date in the minutes |
scripts/action_status.py --done "a phrase".Money (3)
| Highway Update¶ ¶334 | SELECTBOARD ORDERS The Selectboard reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #29 $10,055.06 payroll WARRANT #30 $20,267.66 accounts payable WARRANT #31 $11,594.25 payroll WARRANT #32 $12,251.79 accounts payable HIGHWAY UPDATE 1. | $10,055.06; $20,267.66; $11,594.25; $12,251.79 |
| The grant is for $8,000.00 with a $2,000.00 town match¶ ¶210 | The grant is for $8,000.00 with a $2,000.00 town match. | $8,000.00; $2,000.00 |
| The grant is for $16,200.00 with a $4,050.00 match¶ ¶210 | The grant is for $16,200.00 with a $4,050.00 match. | $16,200.00; $4,050.00 |
Public comment (4)
| Laura Champagne | Laura Champagne asked if Dave Tatro could look at the water run off near Old County Road. |
| Cynthia Lamore | 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 |
| David R | David R. |
Follow-ups named in the minutes
- It should be ready by 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.
- This audio is a second, usually longer recording of the same meeting as 2026-08-06_selectboard — the decisions are the town's minutes for 2026-08-06_regular, not a separate session.
Transcript
Speaker 2 — the same voice as in 58 recordings (the archive does not name this person)
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Speaker 5: Aye.
Speaker 6: Read all these two of them.
Speaker 8: What do they do?
Speaker 9: I am fantastic.
Speaker 10: Everyone's got a lot of storage.
Speaker 11: Yeah.
Speaker 12: Yeah.
Speaker 16: Yeah.
Speaker 17: Yeah.
Speaker 18: Yeah.
Speaker 22: For some of my students,
Speaker 22: to go to Greenfield,
Speaker 23: You don't have anything?
Speaker 22: for September 9th, I think.
Speaker 24: Yeah.
Speaker 18: The slide is historical.
Speaker 5: It's just – you split on it.
Speaker 25: And everybody's adult.
Speaker 25: Yeah.
Speaker 26: Yeah.
Speaker 22: well if it's if it can be used and it's damaged we shouldn't it isn't damaged per se that what
Speaker 27: if you remember there was a pamphlet of stuff that came through and covered all the stuff in
Speaker 28: the playground yeah I used to have to inspect them for thickness of bark mulch well there's something
Speaker 29: supposed to slide on it it's outside the fence in the area as it is I guess that's why I was saying it's outside of the fence it's failed in years past for other reasons the surface remains in the area and so now there's a second year so the school can't use it anymore and it's a liability issue probably just being there so I mean if it's documented so we want to take it down
Speaker 6: I think we're agreeable to take it down because if it's a safety hazard whether it's in the school yard or out there
Speaker 22: And then maybe on the committee people could check it again in July or August.
Speaker 22: I thought they were going to remove all the bushes in front there.
Speaker 24: He's been very helpful.
Speaker 5: Good.
Speaker 30: Okay.
Speaker 29: line there's no guy what the heck you don't know
Speaker 31: am i irritating i certainly don't like it
Speaker 32: Yeah. They've got a bridge going up .
Speaker 33: Yeah.
Speaker 34: Is that all locked up after hours, so nobody can go in there and throw something
Speaker 35: They're pretty good at that.
Speaker 35: No. Yeah, paved shingles, $125,000.
Speaker 36: That's true.
Speaker 36: I didn't ask.
Speaker 36: No.
Speaker 10: the one there then on the back this is looking for two signatures I have a motion to sign this for the
Speaker 37: all in favor
Speaker 16: all in favor
Speaker 38: I'm sorry.
Speaker 10: 46 years so did they tell us how much money we had to start setting aside no that's what i wanted to
Speaker 10: And I think if you sign up, they'll send you a reporting that you can watch at a later
Speaker 23: Motion to adjourn.
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.