Wednesday, April 13, 2016

The Town will look to be paying itself and the funds are suppose to go into a revolving account.
Variance - $275.00
Special Permit - $275.00
Comprehensive Permit - $500.00
These fees were adopted by the ZBA on August 26, 2015
You can view this on website for Town of Templeton, MA under zoning board of appeals, instructions for filing an appeal.

I went back to the Town meeting calendar and did not find any meeting notice posted for August 26, 2015, but I will check the newspaper from back then to see if an appeal was held on that date and try to find the minutes for said meeting.

Jeff Bennett
So what is up with this new technology? Perhaps what Templeton needs is backup and procedure rather than a larger Town administrative bureaucracy. The following is email from the Town Administrator and you decide if you think there should be some procedure or backup before admin growth. There is this new thing called the cloud, okay, not so new, but I tend to purposely be a bit behind with it because I do not like being dependent on it, which is why I still keep paper copies and still use the mail (snail) system. The latest budget document has been in the cloud for a while now, so why not the warrant draft which then could be accessed by any computer. No more excuses.

I will be sending copies of the preliminary warrant and the updated budget later today.  My computer has been down for two days; hoping it will be fixed this morning.  
Bob
Robert T. Markel
Interim Town Administrator
Town of Templeton
160 Patriots Road
East Templeton, MA 01438
(978)894-2753

That is the facts and now you can decide.

posted by Jeff Bennett

PS:  The Advisory Board did receive the warrant, or part of it, today, via email at 10:36 A.M. Town by-law states the selectmen will hand over the budget and all articles for annual Town meeting to the Advisory Board by April 10th. Since April 10th fell on a Sunday, I cut em slack and would have been fine with Monday, April 11th. Add it to the list.