Selectmen meeting agenda;

Why is there an item for the Templeton Water dept.?  Because the MA Department of Revenue told the Town, in a letter, that said in the first line of the third paragraph that with regards to Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 164, a municipal light dept. is NOT a legal separate entity and it needs Town meeting vote to borrow money. The simple fact is the Templeton Municipal light & Water is a part of the town and by that dept. taking on debt, enterprise fund or not, ultimately if anything happens, the Templeton taxpayers are on the hook for that debt. Pretty simple if you take the time to do a little reading / research. No big question or mystery there.

Action on Town Administrator; this could be the announcement that there will be an assistant Town Administrator and it will be Holly Young. Why state that as a possibility? Look at an electronic copy of the budget proposal for FY 2017 and you will see it by clicking on one of the little red triangles in upper corner of some columns of numbers. Of course we will have to wait to see what actually happens or is discussed tonight and I hope to have a report on that right after the meeting.

I will post the link to the last copy of the draft budget from the Town Administrator, look at line 78, selectmen office salaries and look for the small red triangle. Click it and read the explanation to the right.

Jeff Bennett