from Templeton Town website - financial  management policy.

Policy: The Town shall have an independent outside audit performed by a certified audit firm each year. The Town shall endeavor to have the audit completed prior to January 1 of each year. The Board shall provide for such an audit by an accountant or a firm of accountants, who have no personal interests, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the Town government or of any of its officers or employees. The Board shall require a public presentation of the audit and management letter once it is finalized.

It is February 2, 2024, where is the audit????

Endeavor - try hard to do or achieve something, evidently, TA and selectmen do not try too hard.