Thursday, August 9, 2018

Board of selectmen meeting of August 8, 2018; Carter Terenzini states he sent out two emails to Advisory Committee concerning possible by-law conflict but Advisory did not respond.
When asked about codification, Carter stated it would not be completed in time for the special Town meeting this fall.
Perhaps he was misinformed or back to old tricks:


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From: "advisorycommittee templeton1.org" <advisorycommittee@templeton1.org>
To: Diane Haley Brooks <seldhaleybrooks@templeton1.org>, "seldmorrison templeton1.org" <seldmorrison@templeton1.org>, "selectmen.caplis templeton1.org" <selectmen.caplis@templeton1.org>, "selectmen.fortes templeton1.org" <selectmen.fortes@templeton1.org>, "seljrichard templeton1.org" <seljrichard@templeton1.org>
Date: August 9, 2018 at 7:43 AM
Subject: Fwd: RE: FW: Passed Over By-Law

Watching the selectmen meeting of Aug. 8 this morning, I saw Carter state he sent email to advisory concerning possible by-law conflict and that there was nothing heard from advisory. Well here you go; it is a reason it was on advisory agenda of Aug. 2, 2018. Either someone is mistaken or there is a misinformation campaign from the office of selectmen?  


Jeff Bennett
Advisory Committee Chairman
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From: townadministrator <townadministrator@templeton1.org>
To: "'advisorycommittee templeton1.org'" <advisorycommittee@templeton1.org>
Cc: 'John Caplis' <selectmen.caplis@templeton1.org>, selectmen.richard@templeton1.org, tharrington@miyares-harrington.com, selectmen.morrison@templeton1.org, 'Diane Haley Brooks' <seldhaleybrooks@templeton1.org>, selectmen.fortes@templeton1.org, 'Town Clerk' <townclerk@templeton1.org>
Date: July 18, 2018 at 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: FW: Passed Over By-Law

Many Thanks
 
Carter Terenzini
Town Administrator
Town of Templeton
160 Patriots Road
East Templeton, MA 01438
1.978.894.2755
 
From: advisorycommittee templeton1.org <advisorycommittee@templeton1.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 6:32 PM
To: townadministrator <townadministrator@templeton1.org>
Cc: John Caplis <selectmen.caplis@templeton1.org>; selectmen.richard@templeton1.org; tharrington@miyares-harrington.com; selectmen.morrison@templeton1.org; Diane Haley Brooks <seldhaleybrooks@templeton1.org>; selectmen.fortes@templeton1.org; Town Clerk <townclerk@templeton1.org>
Subject: Re: FW: Passed Over By-Law
 
It is an item to be on the agenda for August 2, 2018 for discussion


On July 17, 2018 at 10:54 AM townadministrator <townadministrator@templeton1.org> wrote:
Good Day:
 
As we look toward the Fall TM and resolving what some think to be a conflict between Article III Section 4 and the Advisory Committee By-Law; I wonder if you have given any consideration to a sit down to discuss the overall changes proposed at the ATM; 
 
Otherwise I may have no choice but to ask the codification to include the attached Section  5 to resolve some of this.
 
Many Thanks
 
Carter Terenzini
Town Administrator
Town of Templeton
160 Patriots Road
East Templeton, MA 01438
1.978.894.2755
 
From: townadministrator <townadministrator@templeton1.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 11:33 AM
To: Advisory Committee (advisorycommittee@templeton1.org) <advisorycommittee@templeton1.org>
Subject: Passed Over By-Law
 
Good Day Jeff:
 
I have attached the recent warrant article proposed by the BoS to amend the By-Law(s) relative to the Advisory Committee.  I would appreciate it if you would re-circulate it to the members that we might sit down to discuss concerns, alternative language and the like for re-submission to the Fall Town Meeting.   I would suggest we do this mid-summer once the meeting schedules for the Fiscal Year are set.
 
Many Thanks
 
Carter Terenzini
Town Administrator

4 comments:

  1. I dont know about anyone else, but when Mr. Fortes started talking about meeting with Advisory you could see the recoil from the other members. You could hear the contentiousness in Carters voice. As Cameron persisted you could literally see the tension.

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  2. Funny, I could have sworn Carter said the codification was finished and he had not had a chance to review it. That was in May. I have a funny feeling he did review it and did not like the result. Think maybe a resident, also a member of the A.C. should get a copy, and see for them selves. Trust in our T.A. is not high on my scale of officials we have running our Town. I may be old..er, but my memory is fine. Finished or not, this codification process is important and cost us , how much again ? This should be part of the A.C.'s discussion.

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  3. At last nights meeting the BOS Opened the Warrant for the Fall Meeting. It closes on 8/27 which is technically 18 days. The Town by-law requires the Warrant to be open for a minimum of 14 days.

    My issue is that in reality the situation which is Town Hall is only Open for 10 of those days.Why is it that the town administration is always looking for ways to minimize the input of citizens.

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    1. Could it be, the people in this community are catching on to the stonewalling that has gone on in this town, for far to long. Having Citizen comments at the start of a meeting is ridiculous ! At least the Chairman is allowing citizen input. There was a while when they tried to stop that all together. This is your government ! Pay attention!

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