An insult to the residents of Templeton.

Employees of the Templeton municipal light & water dept. along many other departments are asking for premium pay for working during covid. While many important things to benefit residents remain on a to do list. Employees wanting to suck up arpa funds is a joke in my opinion. One of the purposes for arpa funds is to replace lost revenue due to covid. Best of my knowledge, no government employee lost a cent in pay, lost no job, lost no benefit, tax money still rolled in being paid by people who actually lost work time, lost jobs and had to pay more for things while supporting the government and its employees. Suddenly to collect extra money, the light and water dept. suddenly say they are part of the town.

 The pavement has been put down and concrete blocks are in place, just waiting on the carpentry part to be completed for the resident salt/sand shed at highway barn. This shed will allow residents to get sand/salt from highway barn without having to dig thru snow. That is a project brought forward and pushed for by former selectman Jeff Bennett to be a small benefit for the residents of Templeton. Thank You to Fischett construction for offering free time and labor to get the carpentry part completed.

 BULLETIN-2023-5: Tax Title Foreclosure Surplus Proceeds

The Division of Local Services (DLS) Municipal Finance Law Bureau (MFLB) has a new Bulletin. Bulletin 2023-5 discuss a recently decided United States Supreme Court case, Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023). As a result of that decision, there is uncertainty as to whether or not tax title foreclosure surplus proceeds will need to be returned to property owners. The Bulletin notes that DLS will not object to a community temporarily holding any such surplus proceeds in an agency account until there is a directive from the courts on this matter.