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
Friday, November 25, 2016
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
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