Advisory Committee Meeting
At last night's meeting, the committee voted five yes to approve transfer of $2500.00 from the reserve fund to inspection services. There were five of seven members present at the meeting. The transfer request was voted unanimously to be approved.
Committee voted to accept minutes of last meeting with no corrections.
Committee voted to ask for department budget requests for the fiscal year 2018, so the committee can try to compare to the prior years and to have information to make sound recommendations to town meeting.
The committee will also be asking the town administrator to come to a meeting for some budget discussion.
The accountant budget is completed and the budget format for town meeting is in the works. There will probably not be much time for the advisory committee to look at and discuss the fiscal year 2018 spending plan for town meeting.
An important topic was looking at what is actually collected by the town with regards to revenue and the committee will be looking at that in more detail in the future and perhaps have it in it's report to town meeting. Another item discussed was the snow & ice deficit and how some purchases charged off to that fund may be questionable, for instance, a truck that is not exclusive to snow & ice. It did not seem to be a prudent, sound financial move in the opinion of some members. This means more money has to go to pay this "bill" which takes funds away from other items.
posted by Jeff Bennett
If anyone had listened at the ATM, the building dept., would not have to come to the Advisory Committee, for money to keep their department running. . As it is, what they needed was more than Carter requested on paper, but the majority felt we could not increase what was requested . That means they will have to come back again. Hopefully, we can get this straightened out for next year. Bev.
ReplyDeleteShould have bought Prudent, sound Shovels that would have been cheaper,just would take a little more in the labor budget to do the work a good used truck could do.
ReplyDeleteThe past is unchangeable and for Templeton to survive we need a Advisory committee who will look at things differently than this one is now.
The reason for the shortage of the funds for inspections was so they would get from the advisory later. 5th grader stuff. Tricked again JEFFY.
Guess the Advisory get short stick again and again. What left in the Advisory slush fund for Carter? Get it ready we need it because you shorted the Snow and Ice for years.Let someone on the Advisory that can focus and make a real change in Templeton future.