Last I checked, Templeton has no Queen, only five selectmen who are only effective and only have authority as a body rather than individuals. So one person can claim being loud is being passionate but if someone else does the same, they are nit picking, etc. etc. So before anyone goes calling themselves a queen of anything, perhaps they should remember there are no kings or queens in Templeton and placing items on a Town warrant without a vote of the board, as in acting alone is wrong on several fronts and an administrator that allows this is just as wrong. 

The above is my opinion.

posted by Jeff Bennett

from the Policies and Procedures for selectmen
TOWN MEETINGS:
1. Annual Town Meeting: There shall be an Annual Town Meeting in May each year for the consideration of all
Town business which is to be posted properly prior to the meeting. The Annual Town Meeting Warrant is the
Selectmen’s by statute. The Selectmen may insert articles in the warrant; within the time frame the warrant
is open, on their own initiative or by written petition signed by the proper number of registered voters for the
Annual Town Meeting. A request for time stamped copies of article requests and or votes by the BOS, but as to date, none have been received.


posted by Jeff Bennett

One note on the Templeton Ambulance service, it was reported by the Two deputy fire chiefs of Templeton that between 70 and 75% of calls were being tended to by Templeton Ambulance, which begs the question, what do the other 30 to 25% of callers do? On another front, if the current board of selectmen were held accountable like they are supposedly holding the fire chief LaPorte accountable, they should all be fired. Realize that the budget that was presented at Town Meeting was different than the budget voted on by selectmen. In fact, the budget spead sheets that are posted on Templeton town website is different than what was passed at Town meeting. There have also been some changes to that document since Monday, June 6, 2016. The summaries do/did not match the line item numbers, which means if you look at the total for say highway department, the summary page has one total and the line item totals were/are different. They should all match! The dates for passage of articles on Town meeting floor are the responsibility of the Town Clerk, the budget documents are the responsibility of the selectmen. Selectmen can delegate authority to the Town Administrator but they are ultimately responsible. You cannot even see what the recommendation of Advisory was because that information was not posted on the website. The complete record of what was presented to Town Meeting is missing from the document on Templeton Town website. What is next, only report or show the articles that pass? It should all be about transparency and facts.

posted by Jeff Bennett