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2026-10-01 · regular meeting
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Stamford Select Board — 2026-10-01 (Regular)

64 min · YouTube (@jgramlin78) · audio · minutes (town PDF) · markdown
Nancy L. BushikaMichael G. DenaultJohn DunnKurt GamariJedidiah Gramlin
Session: Regular · **Duration:** 64 min · Audio · Minutes
Regular meeting of the Stamford Select Board (2026-10-01, 64 min). Present: Nancy L. Bushika, Michael G. Denault, John Dunn, Kurt Gamari, Jedidiah Gramlin. The minutes record 3 motions (3 approved, 0 with another outcome). Items on the agenda: Hearing Of Visitors; Selectboard Orders; Highway Update; Recycling; Delinquent Tax Sale; Delinquent Tax Collector; Delinquent Dog List; November General Election; Reminders.
On the agenda

Motions (3, 3 passed)

approve the regular meeting minutes of September 17, 2026 as written Mike Denaultseconded: Jed Gramlinpassed
“MOTION by Mike Denault to approve the regular meeting minutes of September 17, 2026 as written.”
All in favor. Motion APPROVED. SELECTBOARD ORDERS The Selectboard reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #39 $ 11,842.35 payroll WARRANT #38 $602,740.46 accounts payable HIGHWAY UPDATE 1
Vote: unanimous voice vote
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accept the resignation of Sally Bohl as Delinquent Tax Collector, effective November 24, 2026, with regret Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
“MOTION by Mike Denault to accept the resignation of Sally Bohl as Delinquent Tax Collector, effective November 24, 2026, with regret.”
All in favor. Motion APPROVED. Anyone interested in serving as Delinquent Tax Collector should submit a letter of interest to the Select Board. VERMONT LEAGUE OF CITIES & TOWNS (VLCT) CHANGES The tow
Vote: unanimous voice vote
adjourn Mike Denaultseconded: Kurt Gamaripassed
“MOTION by Mike Denault to adjourn.”
All in favor. Motion APPROVED. The meeting ended at 7:03 p.m. Nancy L. Bushika, pro tempore Chair /las REMINDERS 1. Tax bills have been issued and are due in hand by 8 p.m. on Thursday, November 19,
Vote: unanimous voice vote
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Who owes what (2)

ActionOwnerBy whenNoteWhere it stands
The treasurer will begin the vehicle loan processThe treasurer—assigned to a town office, not to a named person.open
no date in the minutes
The board will review the price list and discuss in depth at the next meetingThe board—assigned to a town office, not to a named person.open
no date in the minutes
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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 (2)

Highway Update¶ ¶71SELECTBOARD ORDERS The Selectboard reviewed and approved the following orders: WARRANT #39 $ 11,842.35 payroll WARRANT #38 $602,740.46 accounts payable HIGHWAY UPDATE 1.$ 11,842.35; $602,740.46
There was one property that was sold for $31,000.00¶ ¶182There was one property that was sold for $31,000.00.$31,000.00

Public comment (5)

William Levinelisted as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said
Mary Lou McKaylisted as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said
Debra Righilisted as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said
James Righilisted as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said
James Stimpsonlisted as a visitor; the minutes do not record what they said

Follow-ups named in the minutes

What the extraction was unsure about

Transcript

302 paragraphs · 2 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.
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Speaker 1: Okay, let's call the meeting to order.

Speaker 4: Okay.

Speaker 6: Oh, Pittsburgh.

Speaker 7: So, what I'm saying is any change in...

Speaker 8: So, administrative would be assist tax collector...

Speaker 8: like a little bit of training in the future so in order in order for you to get police power now

Speaker 9: And I walked away.

Speaker 10: In general, it seems like an arcade.

Speaker 12: I'm surprised it didn't come up.

Speaker 14: What?

Speaker 16: This is a new company, right? This is a different company, yeah.

Speaker 16: I haven't gotten any bill from them. Okay.

Speaker 17: Once.

Speaker 18: If somebody has a couch, you don't expect them to throw it in the water.

Speaker 16: that's what the price was I don't know if that matters you know this also I

Speaker 16: only getting charged $100 a month

Speaker 19: saying well why should i pay for it uh kind of like a gray wishy-washy area because it's funded

Speaker 10: any of the roads you know don't use your dump service i should get free days i mean if everyone

Speaker 20: give me five bucks i'll get rid of your paint cams no but i agree we probably should look at

Speaker 21: they're all going to go up oh our fees are going to go up uh when did we raise the initial fee from

Speaker 22: don't need and we don't we don't get refunds either are you a senior two three bags of traffic

Speaker 23: kurt what's that apr wherever i guess

Speaker 24: five bucks I do 100 yeah I mean if you go five dollars more

Speaker 10: You know, that's what some people say should be free.

Speaker 14: So next meeting, we want to review this.

Speaker 10: the kids that go to the jury won't be able to go to the jury either no no high school

Speaker 14: this zone would be just for the trade school then no it will be everything right now we don't have

Speaker 25: people you have to hide they're not using the word consolidation right but it's what it is

Speaker 18: to spend on a posture yeah oh yeah it's just it's a

Speaker 20: you should have sat down i would have changed i said something the first time but that's all i

Speaker 4: was at that one too and all one property went on sale and it got sold got sold uh i was the second

Speaker 4: a lot of people but they've grown many many years 84 i think yeah yeah yeah and they've never done

Speaker 26: don't know if you remember the date wednesday november 19th 18th what road frontage was with

Speaker 27: the lot out of curiosity 300 300 yeah so it's 300 by just under a mile it's a it's a it's a hairy

Speaker 4: is there a mortgage on that can i say a name that's house

Speaker 29: well it's a lifetime

Speaker 29: anybody could run in the March election so we should definitely have someone

Speaker 30: correctly oh yeah otherwise yes so this would give people time to think about it

Speaker 31: least yeah

Speaker 14: board because I think we should appoint is this a paid job yes it's a you get

Speaker 1: person paid for oh yeah yeah so what about three fourths so what happens in that case

Speaker 14: for right right there you're paying everything right there yeah so if this guy he paid you 31

Speaker 32: yeah yeah it's yes very important

Speaker 33: what they're going to try to do first is try to change or give services to their members

Speaker 31: So we have to hire lawyers more so we can get more sponsors.

Speaker 34: All those free services.

Speaker 35: What are we paying for?

Speaker 8: State money.

Speaker 4: Right.

Speaker 36: This is precedence.

Speaker 24: Yeah.

Speaker 14: Well.

Speaker 4: And you're like, oh, you've got to be kidding me.

Speaker 4: Sounds good.

Speaker 24: Adjourn. Most people adjourned.

Speaker 37: All in favor?

Speaker 37: Aye.

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.