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Robert Markel On:May 05/13/16 2:59 PM
To: Mark Barrieau; Bev Bartolomeo; Katharine Fulton; Michael Greene; jpb01468; Gordon Moore; Wil Spring
Reply to: Robert Markel
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I was about to print the FY'17 budget with Advisory Committee recommendations. Decided to check all formulas and found that the TAB budget recommendation is $19K over.

Recommend that you convene tomorrow and vote changes. The Selectmen are going to vote the change that I implemented with regard to the Veterans Services budget, although they have already approved the changes.

Bob

Robert T. Markel
Interim Town Administrator
Town of Templeton
160 Patriots Road
East Templeton, MA 01438
(978)894-2753

So if the Town Administrator changed a line item on the day before Town Meeting, is that correct and legal? How did the selectmen approve it without a meeting? The item by the way had a dollar figure of $30,000.00 and then it showed up at town meeting as $50,000.00. On Thursday I had called John Caplis to ask him if he was comfortable with 30K, he told me the veterans budget was 129 thousand and the spread sheet stated that. When I pointed out that the summary total showed 129 thousand bu the line items had 20 thousand for salary and veteran benefits had 30 thousand for a total of 50K, he said he would get back to me. I have the budget sheets to show this, dated of course. Just one of the details you may not have been aware of. Realize that the selectmen voted for that spread sheet with line item total of 50 thousand, I have to wonder if they actually looked at it line by line before voting on it? So you can decide if I was responsible or negligent in voting against further transfers for fiscal 2016. 

posted by Jeff Bennett