While watching the selectmen meeting of August 14, 2017, I heard several interesting items;
There is an amount of "cash" not yet accounted for, $9,400.00.
Carter Terenzini stated the town will have these issues for a few years, but I thought with the audits completed, the town now has good clean numbers. What happened? Did someone mispeak?
There is a deficit due to property tax of $64,000.00, apparently the town does not collect all of the property taxes available every year, imagine that, perhaps the town (selectmen) should take a more conservative approach to taxes and revenue. Where have I heard that before?
With regards to the E911 grant, which according to the town accountant, has not been properly accounted for. In 2013, 2014 and 2015, it was not done correctly. Apparently, the town has to spend all of it or the left over funds have to be sent back to the state.
Question: How much do Templeton taxpayers spend on dispatch service, including benefits such as health insurance and pensions and labor contracts? How much does Phillipston pay Templeton for the exact same dispatch service? I believe if Phillipston is not paying half the costs, Templeton taxpayers are getting screwed over by those who sign the agreement.
You can create all the policies you wish, consolidate and change things around as much as you want, but eventually, it will all come down to available funds. Perhaps it is time for the selectmen to lead and make some real change that could save Templeton taxpayers money in the long run, long term, and still provide a service. Might be that is the action to take to free up funds to be spent on important things, like more free stuff for davey. Just kidding, but as Carter stated at the August 14 selectmen meeting, counting pencils and paper clips will not get the job done. I kind of agree, but I bet a hard look and a detailed plan on those things could save some real money over the long term.
Speaking on detail, seems like the selectmen, town accountant and Carter have decided to jumble things up and make it harder, as in less transparent to find out financial information. This question has to be asked and explained in a public forum. Plain, simple, in the open accounting of taxpayer money has to be available to the public!
Seems we really do have more problems than our leaders want us to be aware of. Seems the A.C. asks to many questions for their comfort. As Jeff has said, information the A.C. requires to do their job is being withheld, and that is not acceptable. Lets see what the D.O.R. has to say about that. No matter the crappy stuff the BOS tried to use to paint a bad picture of some of the A.C. members, you the taxpayer needs to know, we work for you, and you alone. I feel confidant in saying this, because I know it is true. Bev.
ReplyDeleteSo, if we did not return 911 money, if there was any left over, do you think the "State officials" will say that is "ok no problem " ? Let's hope they do. Maybe they will have pity on us. If you worked in a bank, and your drawer was short, what would happen to you ? So why in the world would it be ok, in our town ? How many times did some of the A. C. members try to bring up the feeling that revenue numbers were too high ? Let's just say more than once. Fact is the Town does not collect everything it bills out, so why count it. It may look good on paper, but if it does not find it's way to the Tax Collector, ?. Wonder why we are always broke, that may be the reason why.. Of course, my opinion, Bev.
DeleteLike I say, it will come out in the wash !
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SO MUCH FOR FREE SPEAKING HERE.
WOW JEFFIE: So much for what my dad “FAUGHT” for.
Anonymous9:14 PM
The persons on the IAC have got no clue as to what it is costing the town. Some of them have stated publicly a few years ago they did not want any changes to medical ins. no matter what it cost the towm asks HY
Spelling for town is done like this you ZERO "TOWN" i guess towm is where you went to the school for Zeros training.
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Anonymous8:05 AM
We, as in 98% of townspeople who are sick of your useless incoerant gibberish rants all for your own gratification, because nobody knows what the hell your trying to say.
Another poor spelling error from the zero again and again over and over. It's "incoherent" like you are most of the times here.
It could be that loss of brain tissue that could be your problem that would explain a lot about your abilities and lopsidedness.
But all in all you keep up the hard work and some day that sign could come down.
We're scheduled to take and replace some soon. Junior was against them from the start.
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What a ZERO’S blog