Annual Town Meeting 2014:

A         Article 20 CHANGE TO THE TOWN BUDGET PROCESS

To see if the Town will vote to change Article IV “Advisory Committee,” Section 4 of the Town By-Laws to read: 

“It shall be duty of the Town Administrator in conjunction with the BOS to consider expenditures and develop a budget for the ensuing fiscal year of the several boards, officers and committees of the town, as prepared by them in such form and detail as prescribed by the Town Administrator.”; or take any other action relative thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen

On a substitute motion duly made and seconded the Town voted that Article III “Town Officers“ of the Town By-laws be herby amended:

4. “It shall be duty of the Town Administrator in conjunction with the BOS to consider expenditures and develop a budget for the ensuing fiscal year of the several boards, officers and committees of the town, as prepared by them in such form and detail as prescribed by the Town Administrator.”

Passed Unanimously/May 19^th @ 8:38pm

So, as it is now presented there is no creation nor acceptance of any item to have or create a Town Administrator position, it is not written in the Town by-laws. This question or concern was brought up by the Advisory Committee and said committee asked for this concern to be passed on to Town Counsel. It was and Town Counsel answered but the selectmen never acted on the advice, so why is that? There were a couple of ways given to fix this, one was to go back to Town Meeting and have it corrected that way, but again, selectmen refused to address it.

on top of that, selectmen have again gone against Templeton town by-laws by failing to have the warrant to the Advisory Committee by April 10. 

posted by Jeff Bennett