from Templeton town website, under town meeting -documents relation to town meeting/voters guide.
Article 7, November, 2017 special town meeting.
Summary: It is feared that the boiler in the emergency management building in Baldwinville may fail during this coming winter. The director has been able to obtain about $5,500.00 in grants towards its replacement. We need approximately $7,500.00 more to have sufficient funds to cover the replacement. Our 1996 6-wheel dump truck has deteriorated to the point it is feared it may not make it through the winter season. There is a seven month lead time to get it. This will allow us to have the new truck in place by next spring and - hopefully - before this one fails. The $160,000.00 will be supplemented with the monies we originally planned to use to buy a new dump body for it to complete the purchase.
Motion from special town meeting:
On a motion duly made and seconded the town voted to appropriate the sum of One Hundred Sixty Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($167,500.00) for a program of
capital expenditures as generally identified below:
Dept. Item Amount
DPW – B&G Boiler Replacement $7,500
DPW- Highway 6 Wheel Dump Truck $160,000
And to meet said appropriation by a transfer of said sum from free cash in the treasury of the town.
Passed Unanimously/November 14th @ 8:13 pm
no mention of a transfer or anything about money previously appropriated to buy a dump body for a 6-wheeler dump truck.
There is this from the annual town meeting of May 2017:
On a motion duly made and seconded the town voted to appropriate the sum of One Hundred Seventy Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and no cents ($172,500.00) for a program of capital purchases and improvements and to meet said appropriation with a transfer of One Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and no cents ($152,500.00) of unissued bond proceeds originally borrowed for 252 Baldwinville Road and the balance from taxation with the pricing for each item being generally illustrated as follows:
Item Amount
TH Mini-Split; Conf/Accounting, Misc. $ 17,500
Temp Center Fire/EMS - Roof Replacement $ 35,000
Senior Center Siding $100,000
A&E Assistance, Advertising, Printing $ 2,500
Dump Body - 1984 Mack 10 Wheel $ 17,500
TH Mini-Split; Conf/Accounting, Misc. $ 17,500
Temp Center Fire/EMS - Roof Replacement $ 35,000
Senior Center Siding $100,000
A&E Assistance, Advertising, Printing $ 2,500
Dump Body - 1984 Mack 10 Wheel $ 17,500
no article found for a new dump body for a 1994 6 wheeler!