What is in a name??
Today, on Templeton town web site, under meetings, there is a scheduled meeting of the Baldwinville Elementary School disposition advisory committee. Om mytowngovernment.org, there are meeting minutes (approved) that are titled;
Town of Templeton
Baldwinville Elementary school re-use committee, and then right below that is;
Baldwinville Elementart school re-use advisory committee.
So, does anyone have a guess at what the official name of this committee created by the selectmen is suppose to be? I mean a selectmen serves on it, one would think it would be easy to pick a name and stick with it. How do they plan to address request for proposals? This committee, no this committee, well, we mean this one, is looking for . . . . .
I think netflix is showing an episode of key stone cops, episode is titled "you sit on a throne of unstable banana peels"
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Baldwinville Elementary school re-use committee;
A committee created by the Board of Selectmen has met 9 times since June 7, 2018.
One member, from the board of selectmen, Cameron Fortes, resigned from the board as of December, 2018. He was absent from five meetings. Hopefully the new representative from the board of selectmen, Diane Brooks, shows up for more meetings. Why does someone volunteer for a position, then does not show up for any meetings?
The first meeting, June 7, 2018, according to minutes available, shows 6 people present with 2 absent. The minutes of July 11, 2018 show:
Review of minutes: There were no minutes generated for the first meeting as there was no quorum and the meeting disbanded with no votes taken.
Under minutes for the above committee show a chairman and clerk were voted on June 7, 2018. So there seems to be a mix up of sorts when it comes to minutes of this committee. A department head, a member of the board of selectmen, Planning Board chairman present, perhaps it was just oversight of some kind. That said, since the minutes state members were given a copy of the most recent open meeting guide, residents should expect things to be done correctly. Unlike the Veterans Advisory Board and the economic development corporation, at least this committee actually meets.
Note: Templeton general Town By-laws state, under article II, section 14;
All committees shall report as directed by the Town. If no report is made within a year after its appointment, a committee shall be discharged unless, in the meantime, the town shall have granted an extension of time.
Although the Templeton veterans advisory board is not labeled as a committee (perhaps that is spitting hairs) I find no record of any meetings this year, should the town actually follow it's by-laws and this entity be disbanded? Perhaps a question for ole town counsel?
A committee created by the Board of Selectmen has met 9 times since June 7, 2018.
One member, from the board of selectmen, Cameron Fortes, resigned from the board as of December, 2018. He was absent from five meetings. Hopefully the new representative from the board of selectmen, Diane Brooks, shows up for more meetings. Why does someone volunteer for a position, then does not show up for any meetings?
The first meeting, June 7, 2018, according to minutes available, shows 6 people present with 2 absent. The minutes of July 11, 2018 show:
Review of minutes: There were no minutes generated for the first meeting as there was no quorum and the meeting disbanded with no votes taken.
Under minutes for the above committee show a chairman and clerk were voted on June 7, 2018. So there seems to be a mix up of sorts when it comes to minutes of this committee. A department head, a member of the board of selectmen, Planning Board chairman present, perhaps it was just oversight of some kind. That said, since the minutes state members were given a copy of the most recent open meeting guide, residents should expect things to be done correctly. Unlike the Veterans Advisory Board and the economic development corporation, at least this committee actually meets.
Note: Templeton general Town By-laws state, under article II, section 14;
All committees shall report as directed by the Town. If no report is made within a year after its appointment, a committee shall be discharged unless, in the meantime, the town shall have granted an extension of time.
Although the Templeton veterans advisory board is not labeled as a committee (perhaps that is spitting hairs) I find no record of any meetings this year, should the town actually follow it's by-laws and this entity be disbanded? Perhaps a question for ole town counsel?
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