How the selectmen and Town Administrator budget and plan????
A financial transfer request dated June 29, 2017 to transfer $12,500.00 from town vehicle fuel to help pay for the snow & ice deficit. Within the general ledger printout for snow & Ice are bills from Huhtala Oil Co. totaling $24,585.84.
So, charged off under the guise of snow & ice is fuel for the trucks and within the budget versus actual document from the town accountant is a fund for town vehicle fuel. It shows $73,000.00 appropriated with $52,312.97 used and $20,687.03 left. That document is dated June 29, 2017.
The game: Town meeting (registered voters) are asked for an amount of money to pay for fuel for town vehicles and the people approve it. Then the selectmen and town administrator "charge" all fuel used during the winter storms. They then use money from the town vehicle fuel account to help pay that "charged" stuff off. I think most people can and do understand keeping track of what is spent on snow removal but I think the game of moving money around is an attempt to show there is more money available than there really is. That is what I think turns people off and is one of the reasons the voters are reluctant to give more of their tax dollars up. They simply do not trust the people who are spending their money; too many games, too many curtains.
The Templeton Advisory Committee submitted it's report for the 2016 annual Town report and included were many financial transfers, that are not shown anywhere else in that report. Unfortunately, someone in the selectmen's office decided not to include that information in the annual town report. That information will now supposedly be included in the financial supplemental report due out later this year, we shall see!
posted by Jeff Bennett
It would seem that the buck stops with Chairman Caplis on this matter. Our Chairman has the time and expertise to know who and where the money is being hid or be able to explain the accounting irregularities. It may all be a big misunderstanding but it may come down to being either dishonest or stupidity either way the town is in trouble. By the by the anonymous writer who says Templeton Times Blogspot 01436 is nothing but a Conspiracy Blog is correct. The blog has great respect for the other two blogs in town but those blogs keep an eye on local issues where Templeton Times Blogspot 01436 knows no bounds at this time.
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DeleteIt would be interesting to know how much non Snow and Ice fuel was charged to the Town during that period. Are we charging the Snow and Ice account for all fuel used during the winter, period, or only for actual storms?
ReplyDeleteThe manipulation of funds causes taxpayer concern. Shorting Public safety funds hoping for a transfer in the fall puts taxpayers in jeopardy if the transfer is denied for whatever reason.This feels like extortion, not financial management. The choice: agree to transfer or cut fire safety by $100,000. Is that really a choice? Feels more like Russian roulette.
We've had years of incompetent Administration in Templeton. The use of the "slush" accounts to cover misappropriations has got to stop. The audits showed this practice was used regularly in Templeton. Why is Templeton in this position, look at how it supports its financial planning and you'll see.
Accountant................qualified? Not referring to present staff, calm down!
Treasurer/collector.......certified
Capital planning......... it was never staffed by the Administration
Advisory Committee....... overruled, trouble makers according to Administration
Does anyone think the Administration would be so infatuated with the accountant if it wasn't for the audit issue pushing the school financing?
Citizens must get involved. If you sit at home and complain it does nobody any good. Write, email, go to a meeting and state your opinions. After all this is your town, you pay the bills either way
Why just actual storms Bob ? Other snow and ice removal are related to the S+I amounts and over the years it has impacted other departments funds.
ReplyDeleteYour use of the words here are shameful and obtuse time and again over and over ,like a Jeffy meeting.
Causes taxpayer concern. you forgot the "a" or a "this".jeopardy??? extortion??? Russian roulette. And death games???
thers one part you seem to have correctly here Bob = overruled, trouble makers according to Administration
The accountant we now have is the best we have had ,PERIOD....
If you can't agree to that you should have a transplant.
People see your comments as tactica and no help to any of the taxpayers you say are causes for taxpayer concern.
Good try but back to a drawing board as you have a bit of JEFFY sound to you more every post.
Move over and let some who "want" to work things out for a better Templeton future.
Thank you for your efforts Bob.
David, get a reading comprehension lesson, please..........
ReplyDeleteI friggin wrote it out for those like you........."Accountant................qualified? Not referring to present staff, calm down!", but you cannot comprehend words.
Are you comfortable shorting the Fire Department $100,000 Davey?
C'mon, answer the damn question rather than throwing insults for once.
What do you call holding Fire safety over citizens as a budget tactic? Or "tactica" as you call it...........
You still bring nothing but insults Dave, why should anyone care about what you think. Anons have more ideas and thoughts to help this town than you Dave.
A+S are so close to each other my middle finger gets in the way.
ReplyDeleteSo Like Bob you have a issue with the entire towns work force and have put it out there time and time again. No secret you have a memory issue and have a understanding the issue problem when told things like Bev shows.
I guess when you meet it gets infectious and spreads around.
Maybe Kate keeps things the way they should be after a red barn visit?
When i see the 100k for Fire make a difference like you think it will i'll be the first to speak out against it.
You can insult and rant but the people, few that there are who read this Fake news blog for the AC will know how to take the content.
Just like the ANONs you lack content and factual information that if it's there get lost when you start to spew like always.
Your trashing has given you a name and when people read TGN they know it's facts and your comments are TRASHED by them.
The word on the town streets is being told and with each comment they understand the talk better .
KEEP TALKING BOB.
But Still consider the transplant.
C'mon : Move over and let some who "want" to work things out for a better Templeton future.
Thank you for your efforts Bob.
Couldn't agree more Anon. Sounds like an angry little man sitting in his Moms basement whining about his Uncles blog that he drove people away from. Good job goof-ball.
ReplyDeletePoor you had to snap!!! Great that you voice your obtuse opinions like that. People will know i got to you. Score one for the good guys.
ReplyDeleteHEE HEE HEE !!!
Anons same as you but with a name.
See with a name come pride and you will never have an ounce of pride that is.
Keep on a i will push harder and you will ruin this Bolg more then Been it has already.
What a joke to ask for 20 days extension.
For what to do more violations like you have done last week as 4 did the same thing you ask for a extension for.
I would propose a settlement and it would go like this.
Drop the complaint and drop the 2 most troubled members.
Keep Bev as her history lessons are priceless.
And keep Juile as she has the experience the town needs to point out the issues.
As far as Jeffy and Bob well see yall latah. TA TA
Sure i would vote for that deal all day.
Your at the level you are now ANONs
People will love to read how you show what you are. "Nothings"
Anons are Cowards
Anons are fearful
Anons are nameless fiction
Anons are what others hope to never have be like
Anons are what transplants were invented for
I could go on and on but i don't want to use the better stuff till it's needed.
For the good of Templeton please people don't bother coming here to have to read the Anons garbage comments like above.
If this were a real Blog and had a real Administrator the above comments would have been removed. Nice to see the ANONs don't care about this Blog either.
Anons are COWARDS now and will always be Cowards.
They can't face it!
LMAO ......... Dave is loosing it.
ReplyDeleteYour comments are the most useless on this blog Dave. You killed yours, now you trying to do the same here. Good job.
Nobody cares what you think about anons. I would venture to say nobody cares about anythings you've said in a long time as you gotten so desperate for conversation your talking to people you call useless, nothings, cowards.
Oh and just so you know Dave, posting on a blog doesn't require bravery it only requires a keyboard and Internet so don't go getting all high and mighty.
Oh and Dave The G-Vegas Snews has been a rag since before Gordon died but now doesn't even qualify as news.......
ReplyDeleteHoly crap Dave, get a grip!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering why David was always on this blog when he has his own, But then after monitoring both blogs I see there is nobody to even talk to, or to read what he spews. I guess he's very jealous that Templeton has a successful blog and it's not his.
ReplyDeleteBob your acting like JEFFY holds the meetings he has chaired.
ReplyDeleteReview you comments and you will see the best is always the same over and over again and again.
Come up with some different stuff you lame and useless as a writer with the same rants of no meaning.
At least JEFFY doesn't sign his crap and uses the ANON tag.
Your game has lost and no longer does any good.
People who read see this for what it is and you for what you are.
Soon after your only extension you and Jeffy will need a new game to play.
Checkers or tic tac toe should fit.
Good luck and thanks for caring about Templeton enough to read this rag of a blog.
It's sad people would come here at all with the coward anons here.
Anons are Cowards
Anons are fearful
Anons are nameless fiction
Anons are what others hope to never have be like
Anons are what transplants were invented for
There's a reason you never have anyone respond to stick up for the Anons here.
They want to stick it to anons.
There is a reason why no on, anon or other, sticks up for you. To bad you can't see it through your hatred.
DeleteYou are so right anon 9:34
DeleteI know for a fact there are numerous anon's and not just a couple like Davey thinks. Just ask around town.
There is a reason why no on, anon or other, sticks up for you. To bad you can't see it through your hatred.
ReplyDeleteHave mom tuck you in bed it's late and your spelling is poor.
You forgot the E you enema.
Poor anon has a problem and can't come out for fear of the reputation he has made for himself.
WA WA !!!
Try again and find closure in the trust you can give only yourself.
ReplyDeleteIf there are two that make three total on this Blog of crap.
Now you know why was let go at the real Templeton times.
What the hell are you saying, do you even know David?
DeleteFriday, July 21, 2017
ReplyDeletePosted by Advisory member Jeff Bennett
Quorum of AC committee in possible violation of the oml.
So if they have no regards for the law why should they keep pointing out violations others make?
Anons are Cowards and only have insults to make up as though it matters to anyone from a nobody.
ReplyDeleteThe number is 6179632540
ReplyDeleteopenmeeting@state.ma.us
They want your input!!