Templeton General Town by-laws, and they can be found on the Town web site.
(Hopefully, they are up to date)
Article IV Advisory Committee
section 4a. All articles, other than those deemed by the board of selectmen to constitute an emergency, sought to be inserted in the Town Warrant for the Annual Town meeting shall be filed with the Board of Selectmen and referred by them to the Advisory Committee on or before April 10th and all articles sought to be inserted in the warrant for a special town meeting shall be referred by the board of selectmen to the advisory committee at least 14 days before the date set for such meeting.
oops, that did not happen!
Article VII - Legal Affairs
section 2. The Selectmen may at their discretion compromise or settle any claim or suit to which the town is a party, which does not require payment by the town of an amount in excess of one thousand dollars. No settlement of a claim or suit obligating the town in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars shall be made, except as authorized by law, without the consent of the town meeting.
oops, that did happen, back in 2012, after the big recall thing and the then town coordinator was fired and was paid to go, in excess of one thousand dollars, without a town meeting vote. I know, I was a member of the Board of selectmen at that time and voted not to do it, along with Chris Stewart, but the board of selectmen was chaired by a man named Columbus and it was done. The gentleman paid eventually came back for a time. Any other settlement the Town may have been involved with, you would need to ask the current Board of selectmen members about.
posted by Jeff Bennett
Sunday, April 23, 2017
david smart9:50 AM
wrote in part:
"I always looked at Mr. Fred Bennett as a member of the community who looked out for the way our money was spent and a force to keep honesty among the towns departments.
So if Jeff doesn't agree with what the town Administrator or in some cases the Selectman sign he should say so at the meeting he might bother to attend.
I don't think they bother to read this like thew few of us do.
So do we need bad guys or not,who pretend to be what they think they are "partly"?
So, little davey thought my father was doing a good job looking out for how taxpayer money was being spent, so why does he seem to have such a problem with me pointing out how taxpayer money is spent with regards to the highway department? I submit that if I was doing the same with regards to the Templeton light & Water department, he would have no problem with it at all, because it would fit with his agenda.
The labor contract, which gives dave smart many things (freebies) at the expense of the taxpayers was used by me, as an example of how taxpayer money is/was spent and how those contracts become promissory that in turn affect things down the road. It appears that if one looks at light & water, that is good, but if you look at highway, not so much. Seems kind of hypocritical and conflicting, in my opinion.
posted by Jeff Bennett
wrote in part:
"I always looked at Mr. Fred Bennett as a member of the community who looked out for the way our money was spent and a force to keep honesty among the towns departments.
So if Jeff doesn't agree with what the town Administrator or in some cases the Selectman sign he should say so at the meeting he might bother to attend.
I don't think they bother to read this like thew few of us do.
So do we need bad guys or not,who pretend to be what they think they are "partly"?
So, little davey thought my father was doing a good job looking out for how taxpayer money was being spent, so why does he seem to have such a problem with me pointing out how taxpayer money is spent with regards to the highway department? I submit that if I was doing the same with regards to the Templeton light & Water department, he would have no problem with it at all, because it would fit with his agenda.
The labor contract, which gives dave smart many things (freebies) at the expense of the taxpayers was used by me, as an example of how taxpayer money is/was spent and how those contracts become promissory that in turn affect things down the road. It appears that if one looks at light & water, that is good, but if you look at highway, not so much. Seems kind of hypocritical and conflicting, in my opinion.
posted by Jeff Bennett
Templeton has a full time fire chief and now it seems like it is heading towards a full time department, as there are two full time fire fighters in the upcoming spending plan, but there is no Town Meeting article concerning that, as there was in the annual town meeting of 2013.
Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum of money to hire two (2) full-time equivalent firefighter/EMTs to work daytime coverage 48 hours per week (Monday-Friday), or to take any other action relative thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
Chief Laporte was allowed to speak.
On a motion duly made and seconded the town voted that One Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Twelve Dollars ($128,812.00) be hereby appropriated from the FY 14 tax levy and other general revenues of the town to be expended by the Fire Chief to add two daytime full time equivalent firefighter/EMTs to the staffing of the Templeton Fire Department. Passed/May 14th @ 8:26
posted by Jeff Bennett
Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from available funds, or otherwise provide a sum of money to hire two (2) full-time equivalent firefighter/EMTs to work daytime coverage 48 hours per week (Monday-Friday), or to take any other action relative thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
Chief Laporte was allowed to speak.
On a motion duly made and seconded the town voted that One Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Twelve Dollars ($128,812.00) be hereby appropriated from the FY 14 tax levy and other general revenues of the town to be expended by the Fire Chief to add two daytime full time equivalent firefighter/EMTs to the staffing of the Templeton Fire Department. Passed/May 14th @ 8:26
posted by Jeff Bennett
from Websters Unabridged dictionary of the English Language
Antagonist - 1. a person who is opposed to or struggles against.
Antagonism - 1. an active hostility or opposition
2. an opposing force, principle or tendency.
from the thesaurus: synonyms for antagonists -
adversary, enemy, for, opponent, bad person.
So, I feel that using the words "bad guy" in reference to being opposed to or against something or challenging something is being an antagonist or a bad person/bad guy. in that respect, my dad was the bad guy and I enjoy being like him, in that sense.
So if you think about it, and I realize there are a few who read things here and do not think about what they read because they are so quick to make fun of me, they miss the whole point of what was written or perhaps they wish to take attention away from what was written by attempting to steer conversation in another direction, such as the oft reference to some settlement and which they never seem to have "the rest of the story"
posted by Jeff Bennett
Antagonist - 1. a person who is opposed to or struggles against.
Antagonism - 1. an active hostility or opposition
2. an opposing force, principle or tendency.
from the thesaurus: synonyms for antagonists -
adversary, enemy, for, opponent, bad person.
So, I feel that using the words "bad guy" in reference to being opposed to or against something or challenging something is being an antagonist or a bad person/bad guy. in that respect, my dad was the bad guy and I enjoy being like him, in that sense.
So if you think about it, and I realize there are a few who read things here and do not think about what they read because they are so quick to make fun of me, they miss the whole point of what was written or perhaps they wish to take attention away from what was written by attempting to steer conversation in another direction, such as the oft reference to some settlement and which they never seem to have "the rest of the story"
posted by Jeff Bennett
Annual Town Meeting 2014:
A Article 20 CHANGE
TO THE TOWN BUDGET PROCESS
A Article 20 CHANGE
TO THE TOWN BUDGET PROCESS
To
see if the Town will vote to change Article IV “Advisory Committee,” Section 4
of the Town By-Laws to read:
“It
shall be duty of the Town Administrator in conjunction with the BOS to consider
expenditures and develop a budget for the ensuing fiscal year of the several
boards, officers and committees of the town, as prepared by them in such form
and detail as prescribed by the Town Administrator.”; or take any other action
relative thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
On a substitute motion duly made
and seconded the Town voted that Article III “Town Officers“ of the Town
By-laws be herby amended:
4. “It shall be duty of the Town
Administrator in conjunction with the BOS to consider expenditures and develop
a budget for the ensuing fiscal year of the several boards, officers and
committees of the town, as prepared by them in such form and detail as
prescribed by the Town Administrator.”
Passed Unanimously/May 19th
@ 8:38pm
So, as it is now presented there is no creation nor acceptance of any item to have or create a Town Administrator position, it is not written in the Town by-laws. This question or concern was brought up by the Advisory Committee and said committee asked for this concern to be passed on to Town Counsel. It was and Town Counsel answered but the selectmen never acted on the advice, so why is that? There were a couple of ways given to fix this, one was to go back to Town Meeting and have it corrected that way, but again, selectmen refused to address it.
on top of that, selectmen have again gone against Templeton town by-laws by failing to have the warrant to the Advisory Committee by April 10.
posted by Jeff Bennett
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