Selectmen wish to transfer $500.00 from Town Clerk expense to Town Clerk CMMT account. CMMT is an extra money incentive to some employees who attend classes and get educated and show professionalism at their position, such as treasurer, collector, Town clerks. So first question is this, has the Town Clerk been certified for the entire fiscal year of 2016? If so, why did the selectmen not ask for the entire $1000.00? Why is there no CMMTC for the assistant treasurer/collector. I believe Carol Lee Eaton is certified. Why was there $500.00 CMMTC for the treasurer in fiscal year 2016 when she is not certified? At last notice, the treasurer may become certified this August. Also, at this past Town Meeting, selectmen stated there was a 50 thousand dollar surplus or unallocated funds within their budget so why were the vests and tanks not paid for out of that money? Perhaps the great, superior elected ones do not know the process or did not pay attention. Hopefully, that will change going forward, but for now, I lean to telling the selectmen that since it is your budget, you are stuck with it. Next time ask for what you need and learn that just moving money around is not the solution.
posted by Jeff Bennett
I don't think you can be "superior" unless you know what you are doing. So at this point we can eliminate "superior" from the role as Selectmen in our Town of Templeton. The only person who comes close to knowing what is their role is Mr. Morrisson, as he has served on the BOS longer. This is how we go forward with a budget that makes sense. I am not sure how Markel planned on handing out raises when he did not know what the Town had for money. Was he really expecting money back from 2013 ? Talk about wishful thinking. That is all it was....Wishful thinking.
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