When a resident has a problem involving a Town owned drain pipe, they contact the highway department. When the highway department people show up, see a hole in the hot top drive way (driveway apron?) and they also see an old drain pipe that is obviously old and rusted/rotted, because there is a hole in it as well; their solution is to put some road grindings in it and call it a day.

The next thing that person does is attend a selectmen meeting and inform them of the issue and the so called fix from the Templeton highway department. The other issue here is that the people from the highway department left without any verbal follow up, such as the pipe needs to be replaced and we have to order one, or we will be back on such a day/date and time to take care of this.

Selectmen take some information from the resident and inform the resident that someone will be contacting you from the highway department / DPW. Now, if you are a selectmen, someone from the highway department will come right over and help you tear up your driveway apron, (apparently) according to multiple town residents.

Perhaps residents of Laurel View Road are better off having a contractor do repairs on that road.

On another front, town finance, an issue with the balance of the Templeton general stabilization fund was brought up and question by a town resident; Town administrator sent out an email showing that the balance of that account was known to be in error last August, 2017. Almost a year later, that wrong amount is written in on a document used to borrow money for the town. How does that work, using a dollar figure, that you have known for about a year, to be in error, but you still put that incorrect dollar figure on the paper work??

Do not worry, the audits are complete, we have good numbers, a great financial team in place and some very good things are happening in Templeton.

And remember, the town administrator did not say anything about a tax override concerning stoney bridge work. Lastly, is it a good thing for a town employee to complain about having to spend too much time on answering questions and providing information to a town resident; I thought these selectmen were all about transparency, so which is it?