Jeff Bennett
Concerning the town budget, all one has to remember is the Templeton annual town meeting of May 2019; resident asks if the statement that fy20 budget is one million more than last years is true, a selectman stood before town meeting and stated "no, it is not true" Well, it is a simple math problem and there is a tctv video out there of that meeting. May 2019 article 26 / On a motion duly made and seconded the town voted to appropriate the sum of Nine Million Six
Hundred Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Seventy Four Dollars and no cents ($9,690,274.00) for the operations of General Government for Fiscal Year 2020. Now at town meeting May 2018, article 21 On a motion duly made and seconded the Town voted to appropriate the sum of Eight Million, Two Hundred Twenty Thousand, Two Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars and no cents ($8,220,298.00) for the operations of General Government for Fiscal Year 2019, and article 24 On a motion duly made and seconded the Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Seventy Thousand Two Hundred Forty Six Dollars and No Cents, ($470,246.00), for supplemental appropriations to the FY 2019 Operating Budget for the following departments: So $8,220,298.00 + $470,246.00 = an increase of $999,730.00, say one million dollar increase (what is $270.00 among friends) if they will lie about that, imagine what they can try with fuzzy math. Pass on budget and tell selectmen bring back a better budget, town meeting can do that. Either have a special town meeting later in June or recess town meeting until admin can bring back a better budget or pass it and hope for best (more free cash to support this so called balanced budget, town meeting call)
