Templeton tax recap sheet for FY2017 is now posted on the DLS website, under the gateway tab.
The thing is on the recap sheet, it shows estimated motor vehicle receipts estimated as $1,000,000.00. On the document handed out at town meeting, it shows estimated excise tax receipts as $1,110,000.00. It also shows projected local receipts as $2,887,513.00 on the town meeting document and on the tax recap sheet, it shows estimated FY 2017 receipts of $2,640,943.00. The question is, what number was used to project what the tax rate needed to be to raise enough money to cover the appropriations at Town meeting? Why do the numbers not match what was presented at town meeting?
posted by Jeff Bennett
Sunday, November 27, 2016
This information is available in 2015 Annual Town Report - selectmen should read it, especially john columbus. It is a report from the Advisory Committee. So the reserve fund has been used in recent times.
posted by Jeff Bennett
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Date
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Advisory Expense
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Reserve Fund
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Starting Balance
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7/3/2014
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$400.00
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$50,000.00
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ATFC annual dues
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8/6/2014
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$176.00
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Gardner news
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8/6/2014
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$ 57.88
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Gardner News/pre-town
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11/6/2014
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$ 57.88
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Reserve fund request
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11/24/2014
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$15,000.00
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Reserve fund request
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4/15/2015
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$ 5,000.00
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Gardner News/pre-town
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7/23/2015
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$57.88
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Reserve fund ATM transfer
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To unemployment Insurance
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$27,000.00
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Ending Balance
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$50.36
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$3,000.00
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Friday, November 25, 2016
Town Meeting Times is an interesting read, well for some people perhaps.
Within the third edition, there is a line about making a negative main motion. It states that the preferred practice when no one makes a motion under an article is for selectmen or chair of finance committee (advisory committee) to make a negative main motion. See, there are uses for the Advisory Committee, no matter what john columbus thinks or says.
Town meeting times is the guide book for Templeton town meetings as well as many other communities. Town Meeting Times is on my winter reading list.
posted by Jeff Bennett
Within the third edition, there is a line about making a negative main motion. It states that the preferred practice when no one makes a motion under an article is for selectmen or chair of finance committee (advisory committee) to make a negative main motion. See, there are uses for the Advisory Committee, no matter what john columbus thinks or says.
Town meeting times is the guide book for Templeton town meetings as well as many other communities. Town Meeting Times is on my winter reading list.
posted by Jeff Bennett
Looking at the contract between the Town of Templeton and local 39 public employees union, July 1, 2016 -June 30, 2019. Part of the cost of one employee of the highway department emerges:
page 22 - uniform and boot allowance. The Town (taxpayers) will provide each highway department employee (and sewer employee) 11 cotton uniforms along with coats and taxpayers will pay 100% of the cost, to include cleaning and mending. Taxpayers will also buy 5 Tee shirts for July and August and the taxpayers will also purchase for each employee either one insulated jacket or one pair of insulated coveralls per year. Taxpayers will also make available water-proof boots, gloves, rain gear and safety equipment. Each employee bears personal responsibility for said items. If any of the above mentioned items are torn or damaged in the line of work, taxpayers will replace same.
Boot allowance; The Town (taxpayers) will reimburse each full time union employee an amount of $250.00 per year for work boots upon presentation of a receipt. Effective July 1, 2018, the boot allowance will increase to $300.00 per year.
Safety glasses; Taxpayers will reimburse each full time union employee up to $165.00 per year for prescription safety glasses with a receipt for same.
The contract in it's entirety is on the Town website, under board of selectmen, contracts and agreements. To make up for the fraudulent expense document presented at town meeting, selectmen want to do away with a janitor/cleaning position at the library but at the same time, they give away the kitchen sink to the union. Pretty poor bargaining skills, in my opinion, on the part of the selectmen. we really do need to explore an underride so that the selectmen have less of your money to give away, in my opinion.
posted by Jeff Bennett
page 22 - uniform and boot allowance. The Town (taxpayers) will provide each highway department employee (and sewer employee) 11 cotton uniforms along with coats and taxpayers will pay 100% of the cost, to include cleaning and mending. Taxpayers will also buy 5 Tee shirts for July and August and the taxpayers will also purchase for each employee either one insulated jacket or one pair of insulated coveralls per year. Taxpayers will also make available water-proof boots, gloves, rain gear and safety equipment. Each employee bears personal responsibility for said items. If any of the above mentioned items are torn or damaged in the line of work, taxpayers will replace same.
Boot allowance; The Town (taxpayers) will reimburse each full time union employee an amount of $250.00 per year for work boots upon presentation of a receipt. Effective July 1, 2018, the boot allowance will increase to $300.00 per year.
Safety glasses; Taxpayers will reimburse each full time union employee up to $165.00 per year for prescription safety glasses with a receipt for same.
The contract in it's entirety is on the Town website, under board of selectmen, contracts and agreements. To make up for the fraudulent expense document presented at town meeting, selectmen want to do away with a janitor/cleaning position at the library but at the same time, they give away the kitchen sink to the union. Pretty poor bargaining skills, in my opinion, on the part of the selectmen. we really do need to explore an underride so that the selectmen have less of your money to give away, in my opinion.
posted by Jeff Bennett
A possible path for Templeton residents - reduce the amount of money selectmen have to play with, seeing how they cannot handle the amount they now have, perhaps with less to play with will make their task easier!
What is an Underride?
Proposition 21 ⁄2 allows a community to reduce its levy limit by passing an underride. When an underride is passed, the levy limit for the year is calculated by subtracting the amount of the underride. The underride results in a permanent decrease in the levy limit of a community because it reduces the base upon which levy limits are calculated for future years. A majority vote of a community’s selectmen, or town or city council (with the mayor’s approval if required by law) allows an underride question to be placed on the ballot. An underride question may also be placed on the ballot by the people using a local initiative procedure, if one is provided by law. Underride questions must state a dollar amount and require a majority vote of approval by the electorate.
posted by Jeff Bennett
What is an Underride?
Proposition 21 ⁄2 allows a community to reduce its levy limit by passing an underride. When an underride is passed, the levy limit for the year is calculated by subtracting the amount of the underride. The underride results in a permanent decrease in the levy limit of a community because it reduces the base upon which levy limits are calculated for future years. A majority vote of a community’s selectmen, or town or city council (with the mayor’s approval if required by law) allows an underride question to be placed on the ballot. An underride question may also be placed on the ballot by the people using a local initiative procedure, if one is provided by law. Underride questions must state a dollar amount and require a majority vote of approval by the electorate.
posted by Jeff Bennett
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
So the selectmen think making the chief of police head of police, dispatch the new jail and fire is going to save some money? Does anyone remember the sales pitch for combining light with water? What happened there?
Back in 2000, taxpayers paid Harry Aldrich about $65,000.00 per year to supervise highway, water and sewer. Now, taxpayers pay Bud Chase about $63,000.00 per year for just highway. A water superintendent makes about $90,000.00 per year and the sewer superintendent makes about $70,000.00 (from the FY 2014 annual town report) there is no report of the treasurer or accountant in FY 2015 annual town report. So, you now pay about the same for the highway super as you paid for three departments, how did that merger work out for you? It did work out for one individual's retirement plan. Where is that updated annual town report, per instruction by town meeting? Now that is an insult to democracy, thank you John Columbus. What about the fraud perpetrated by this current board of selectmen by telling the people of Templeton that everything financially was/is fine, we have all positions back, we have raised position pay to maintain qualified people in place and the FY 2017 expense spread sheet is balanced and proper. They told everyone the treasurer/collector would be certified by this past August. All have turned out to be lies - fraud, a fraudulent board of selectmen - in my opinion. In my opinion, the biggest fraud case presented to Templeton in recent memory was the fact that Templeton is on solid financial ground, the cost for an elementary school is $1.74 per thousand and we have coming free cash of about $750,000.00. Suddenly, after the school vote passes, "there is a shortfall in FY2013 that is eye-popping" Now we have a $200,000.00 shortfall in a previously stated balanced proper budget, so called. Again, it appears it was all a scam, just to get a yes vote on the school. Time for a recall of the budget, selectmen and the school vote, reduce the appropriation from 47 million down to 5 million. That is my opinion! And it is authorized Johnny boy.
posted by Jeff Bennett
Back in 2000, taxpayers paid Harry Aldrich about $65,000.00 per year to supervise highway, water and sewer. Now, taxpayers pay Bud Chase about $63,000.00 per year for just highway. A water superintendent makes about $90,000.00 per year and the sewer superintendent makes about $70,000.00 (from the FY 2014 annual town report) there is no report of the treasurer or accountant in FY 2015 annual town report. So, you now pay about the same for the highway super as you paid for three departments, how did that merger work out for you? It did work out for one individual's retirement plan. Where is that updated annual town report, per instruction by town meeting? Now that is an insult to democracy, thank you John Columbus. What about the fraud perpetrated by this current board of selectmen by telling the people of Templeton that everything financially was/is fine, we have all positions back, we have raised position pay to maintain qualified people in place and the FY 2017 expense spread sheet is balanced and proper. They told everyone the treasurer/collector would be certified by this past August. All have turned out to be lies - fraud, a fraudulent board of selectmen - in my opinion. In my opinion, the biggest fraud case presented to Templeton in recent memory was the fact that Templeton is on solid financial ground, the cost for an elementary school is $1.74 per thousand and we have coming free cash of about $750,000.00. Suddenly, after the school vote passes, "there is a shortfall in FY2013 that is eye-popping" Now we have a $200,000.00 shortfall in a previously stated balanced proper budget, so called. Again, it appears it was all a scam, just to get a yes vote on the school. Time for a recall of the budget, selectmen and the school vote, reduce the appropriation from 47 million down to 5 million. That is my opinion! And it is authorized Johnny boy.
posted by Jeff Bennett
another past public record email.
Remember, the selectmen budget is ok! . . . except for that little $200,000.00 shortfall.
Remember, the selectmen budget is ok! . . . except for that little $200,000.00 shortfall.
I have spoken with the town administrator.
Our budget numbers work. There was a summing error in one of the codes. He has told me he is fixing it and we should have correct print outs.
Gordon
Sent
No. Selectmen budget is OK. It seems that TAB budget is off because the new growth figure was reduced from $80,000 to $50,000 and the Veterans Benefits account was raised from $30,000 to $95,000.
Bob
Robert T. Markel
Interim Town Administrator
Town of Templeton
160 Patriots Road
East Templeton, MA 01438
(978)894-2753
Interim Town Administrator
Town of Templeton
160 Patriots Road
East Templeton, MA 01438
(978)894-2753
On May 13, 2016 at 3:14 PM gordongmoore@yahoo.com wrote: Is the selectman also off? Did the revenue numbers change? Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. From: Robert Markel Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 3:01 PM To: Barrieau, Mark; Bartolomeo, Bev; Fulton, Katharine; Greene, Michael; jpb01468; Moore,…
posted by Jeff Bennett
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