Young, Holly

Wed 1/27/2021 10:09 AM

To:

•  Bennett, Jeff

Morning Jeff:

 

I finally had some time to update the broken links you sent. Two hours later, I believe I got them all fixed. 😊 See below

 

Templetonma.gov - personnel policy link goes to login page. fixed

 

On templeton1.org, personnel policy link opens right up this site is owned by another party-I wouldn’t recommend using it. CivisPlus told me it could be used to get into your computer. They are working on trying to get it closed down.

 

Most of expired contract links do not open - gives error 404 page not found  these are fixed now

 

FY2019 budget information links go to error 404 page not found (shows templeton1.org. these are all fixed

 

under reports:

community services - FY2019, 1st quarter report, link broke, error 404 fixed

 

finance team, FY2019, 1st quarter link broke fixed

 

FY2017, 1st quarter link broke. fixed

 public works FY2019 no 1st quarter, 2nd quarter report link broke. There was no report for FY19 1^st Quarter, Bob was new that month.

So, one of the things that you, the taxpayer, pay for, should work a little bit better for you. Town website has become one more important tool to help keep you informed, but like many such items, it is only as good as the information put on it and when things do not work as they are suppose to, well, it becomes quite useless. Hope this helps anyone who uses the Templeton Town website to try and keep up.

 I was a bit surprised that any other member of the Templeton board of selectmen at the meeting of Wednesday, January 27, 2021 did not seem to have much to add to debate on appointments to town committees. No other member seemed prepared to challenge a point of a mention town by-law, nor what it states in selectmen operating procedures. There are more than a couple of contradictory points on how things should go. One point, it is/was a public meeting with an agenda and I have always thought and felt, there should be debate on agenda items, same as say a town meeting; that is part of the purpose of having a meeting in the first place. 

No real comment on how I am interpreting a by-law or a policy. The by-law I used as a reason to question appointments in mid year could be read as annual appointments for only certain positions or boards, such as trustees, town counsel, etc. I believe selectmen need to come to meetings prepared rather than just ready to act blindly on what is put in front of them and yes, that does take some effort, but that is what it is about; putting in some work to serve and support those who elect you to do just that; look out for them. The item was an appointment to a simple committee, and it could have been completed as presented, but, I also believe we, as selectmen, should be aware, more than most, of the procedures and processes that are in place, supposedly designed and or created to ensure town business is done in the right way and keep ourselves and the town out of trouble or difficulties and I do not believe that following a process  wastes anyone's time. 

Trust me when I write that initially, I goofed often in regard to governance, which made me work hard and put more effort into becoming knowledgeable in governance so I would do a better job of serving the people. No intent of being perfect, just trying to be correct more than being wrong. I hope more effort is put into the work on budget and town meeting preparation than appears to be put into a couple monthly meetings. 

I would hope, that rather than just stating not being ready for a challenge and then just put it off, be ready for debate and be ready to make a proposal to take action on the proposed agenda item as well as a solution to any issue so hopefully it does not present itself again. I could be wrong, as I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I believe that is called learning.