Happenings in Templeton - as we hear them.
Possible new veterans service officer in Templeton - wife of current/former Templeton veterans service officer John Caplis.
Templeton Senior Center gets a 30 day extension and the food pantry will be allowed to stay open no matter because the down stairs is in code -???
Some cuts coming as it seems the fiscal year 2017 expense spread sheet was/is not as good as the selectmen and former town administrator told town meeting it was/is.
I take that as the selectmen and town administrator fibbed to town meeting, so if they think a tax override is the way to go to fix that mess, good luck with that approach.
Assistant treasurer/collector now doing the payroll for the town, per orders from the selectmen/town administrator, because apparently the town treasurer/collector "has alot on her plate."
On the good side, 4 selectmen signed the tax recap sheet and all of the assessors signed so it has been sent off to the DOR. selectmen John Columbus could not be bothered with signing the most important document.
The DOR office in Boston is keeping an eye on Templeton while wondering how Templeton is going to borrow 47 million for a new school and the one million dollars for police station work.
There are apparently about 20 candidates for town administrator for Templeton.
There is serious talk about the merging of cemetery and highway as well as some eyes on and questions about sewer debt and the spending over there by the way the process was done - apparently there may have been some steps or a process that was shall we say, mishandled.
enjoy the weekend.
posted by Jeff Bennett
the town is becoming ALL IN THE FAMILY again
ReplyDeleteThere is no excuse for the mess we are in. Absolutely none ! We went from the frying pan to the fire in May and that did not have to happen. The writing was on the wall as how to stop the downward slide, but that was ignored. Why drag the Town through a Special Town Meeting that we cannot afford, to ask the taxpayers to take on more of a burden than they have to. We have no help with the tax base ! No help from the Light Company, who used to give freely. So that means instead of doing the right thing to right their wrongs, the "Superior Department" will throw a hale mary and hope for the best. That is not leadership !!
ReplyDeleteWell maybe now with the Asst. Treasurer/Collector doing the payroll the Treasurer/Collector will be able to get the Debt figures right and even have time to balance the bank accounts. That's if she works the required hours.
ReplyDeleteQuestion
ReplyDeleteDo they have a time clock ??
And if they don't WHY THE HELL NOT. !