Templeton General Town by-laws, and they can be found on the Town web site.
(Hopefully, they are up to date)


Article IV Advisory Committee

section 4a. All articles, other than those deemed by the board of selectmen to constitute an emergency, sought to be inserted in the Town Warrant for the Annual Town meeting shall be filed with the Board of Selectmen and referred by them to the Advisory Committee on or before April 10th and all articles sought to be inserted in the warrant for a special town meeting shall be referred by the board of selectmen to the advisory committee at least 14 days before the date set for such meeting.


oops, that did not happen!

Article VII - Legal Affairs

section 2. The Selectmen may at their discretion compromise or settle any claim or suit to which the town is a party, which does not require payment by the town of an amount in excess of one thousand dollars. No settlement of a claim or suit obligating the town in an amount in excess of one thousand dollars shall be made, except as authorized by law, without the consent of the town meeting.


oops, that did happen, back in 2012, after the big recall thing and the then town coordinator was fired and was paid to go, in excess of one thousand dollars, without a town meeting vote. I know, I was a member of the Board of selectmen at that time and voted not to do it, along with Chris Stewart, but the board of selectmen was chaired by a man named Columbus and it was done. The gentleman paid eventually came back for a time. Any other settlement the Town may have been involved with, you would need to ask the current Board of selectmen members about.


posted by Jeff Bennett