Respect the intent or . . . ?

Another item out of the historical archives (found on Templeton Town website)

Special Town Meeting November 7, 2011

Article 8 To see if the Town will vote to create a Fire Department-Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account where collected ambulance receipts for services are placed beginning with FY2013. Monies out of this fund are expended only through town meeting vote for the purpose of
funding various Fire Department capital requests pursuant to the betterment of the Fire Department services as deemed by the Templeton Fire Chief.

Submitted by the Templeton Fire Chief

On a motion duly made and seconded the Town voted to create a FireAmbulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account where collected ambulance receipts for services are placed beginning with fiscal year 2013. Passed Unanimously/Nov. 7th @ 8:00

So, the receipts from fees (ambulance transport collections) are to be put into the ambulance receipts reserved for appropriation. Was the intent of Town Meeting vote to use this money only for capital items for fire/Ambulance department? Should these monies be used to support the general fund expenses of the Town? If that is the case, why have this account in the first place?

Another example of why it is important to look back and not repeat the same things over and over again. For the past three years, we have now used free cash to back fill the budget, using free cash after the fact as opposed to using before hand. In my opinion, it is still doing the same thing and here I thought we had agreed as a town to not do that any longer!