Since someone is interested in this old stuff, this is what was presented to select board back in January 2014, to show how a shortfall of $505,477.00 came to be in FY14.

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Date: 12/10/2013 10:26 AM

Subject: Templeton Re-Cap

Good Morning Deb,

I know how busy you are, but I am hoping that you can help.  I have spoken with Luanne Royer about the recap and she mentioned that she spoke with you.  I was aware of everything that you pointed out to Luanne regarding the recap.  I have been working on this for weeks and I keep coming up with the same results.

In previous years the former Town Accountant prepared the budget forecast.  The Finance Board (advisory committee) prepared the FY14 budget using the former Accountants model, but it appears that some things were missed and as a result Templeton is 505k over the levy limit. I am confident that everything has been entered on the recap, but I need a sanity check.  I have done my own analysis which I have attached and summarized below.

1.      I am confident that everything has been entered on page 4. I have attached all town meeting minutes and my detailed breakdown for page 4

2.      Local Receipts have been adjusted.

3.      Page 3 Line 9 is blank because that number represents Ambulance receipts which are now Receipts Reserved for Appropriation voted ATM FY13 5/15/12 Article 30

4.      The 160k (other funds, Receipts Reserved) was used as a source but not included as an Expense on the budget document.

5.      I have attached my comparison between the budget forecast and the recap and summarized it below.

6.      Article 29 ATM 5/14/13......... Override vote 6/25/13 results attached

Summary - Comparison budget forecast & recap

(220,851)	Local Receipts, Debt & Retirement (See attached comparison)
(126,791)	Overstated Tax Levy (Forecast)
(160,000)	Ambulance ATM A#10 Not included in Expenses (Forecast)
28	Abatements Offsets Difference between Forecast/Recap
2,137	State Aid Difference between Forecast/Recap
(505,477)

accounting 

 FYI - Templeton Town Meeting warrant available online at town web site, under Town Clerk.

Meeting minutes are generally available online beginning mid 2013 forward at mytowngovernment.org.

Prior to that they are in paper copy retained permanently.

Town budgets permanently retained, prior to 2019, they were not separated electronically but generally can be found within the Town Meeting warrants. Up until annual town meeting of 2016, town budgets were line item, which would be thru fiscal year 2017 town budget.

There were no official voters guides until around 2018 annual town meeting. Prior to that it was just town meeting warrant and advisory committee recommendations.

 RUTLAND – Fol­low­ing a failed Pro­pos­i­tion 21⁄2 tax cap over­ride vote this month, the town’s pub­lic safety response will suf­fer “hor­rendously,” said Rut­land police and fire union lead­ers.

The town’s Fourth of July fest­iv­it­ies also face uncer­tainty, accord­ing to union lead­ers, who said their depart­ments may not be able to staff events as a res­ult of the over­ride.

The vote, which would have over­rode Pro­pos­i­tion 21⁄2 to help cover a pro­jec­ted $3.1 mil­lion defi­cit for the next fiscal year, fell short at the town elec­tion May 11, after res­id­ents were given three options to cover the defi­cit.

Four full-time and three part-time police officers are expec­ted to be cut from the Police Depart­ment, while the Fire Depart­ment could trim about a third of its force.

“This has been det­ri­mental to the mor­ale and no one is happy about this,” said Brent A. Car­penter, of the Rut­land’s police union. “We’re going to have huge safety con­cerns. It’s just dis­ap­point­ing.”

Car­penter said that the cuts to the depart­ment would include the loss of the K-9 and acci­dent recon­struc­tion units, as well as night-shift staff­ing.

He said the staff­ing cuts will be reflec­ted in the ser­vices to the pub­lic, which would be “a secur­ity issue at this point.”

“[Officers are] going to be solo and rely­ing on out­side agen­cies,” Car­penter said. “There will be a delay in ser­vice where if you have mul­tiple calls com­ing in at once, we have to take the pri­or­ity calls.

“Obvi­ously the people have spoken. We get it – nobody likes their taxes raised.”

Car­penter said cuts to staff could also bring about issues with recruit­ment.

 RUTLAND – Fol­low­ing a failed Pro­pos­i­tion 21⁄2 tax cap over­ride vote this month, the town’s pub­lic safety response will suf­fer “hor­rendously,” said Rut­land police and fire union lead­ers.

The town’s Fourth of July fest­iv­it­ies also face uncer­tainty, accord­ing to union lead­ers, who said their depart­ments may not be able to staff events as a res­ult of the over­ride.

The vote, which would have over­rode Pro­pos­i­tion 21⁄2 to help cover a pro­jec­ted $3.1 mil­lion defi­cit for the next fiscal year, fell short at the town elec­tion May 11, after res­id­ents were given three options to cover the defi­cit.

Four full-time and three part-time police officers are expec­ted to be cut from the Police Depart­ment, while the Fire Depart­ment could trim about a third of its force.

“This has been det­ri­mental to the mor­ale and no one is happy about this,” said Brent A. Car­penter, of the Rut­land’s police union. “We’re going to have huge safety con­cerns. It’s just dis­ap­point­ing.”

Car­penter said that the cuts to the depart­ment would include the loss of the K-9 and acci­dent recon­struc­tion units, as well as night-shift staff­ing.

He said the staff­ing cuts will be reflec­ted in the ser­vices to the pub­lic, which would be “a secur­ity issue at this point.”

“[Officers are] going to be solo and rely­ing on out­side agen­cies,” Car­penter said. “There will be a delay in ser­vice where if you have mul­tiple calls com­ing in at once, we have to take the pri­or­ity calls.

“Obvi­ously the people have spoken. We get it – nobody likes their taxes raised.”

Car­penter said cuts to staff could also bring about issues with recruit­ment.