Well, it strikes again, taking from the veteran's fund to fund something else does not seem like it will work past this year, so there will probably have to be more "adjustments" next year, which in my opinion, shows there is still not a good handle on the spending plan. Also brought out was some more interesting math on the part of one selectmen, John Caplis, which is how will a so called savings of $20,000.00 this year equate to a police officer salary for one more officer for a year? First off, 20 thousand will most likely get used up next year by health insurance costs for employees, school assessment and on and on. More importantly, a so called savings is already being spent before you even have any realized savings in hand. Reminds me of the other genius Johnny Columbus who suggested at one meeting to use some supposed free cash for some expense before there was any actual so called free cash. Oh yeah, don't forget about more full time fire fighters/EMT/P next year!

So, it seems there will be more questions, few answers that add up and another fun year.

email received today:

Good Day:

The attached scan is an iteration of what was discussed last Wednesday.  It will be page numbered, copied, and distributed to you tomorrow evening.  Please note some important things:

1. For those who have concerns the cut to Veteran’s is not sustainable in the near term; the fastest easiest fix at this point is to revers any of the restores in Snow & Ice, Police or Fire;
2. The adds to the Library assume each person can/will accept the added hours.  It is possible Library Assistant II may not be able to do so but there is no harm at this point in leaving those dollars in an extraordinaryly tight Library budget.

The SS shows the Overly history;  This is a DRAFT

The next DRAFT of the warrant will be out tomorrow.

We have reached out to MRPC to present to the BoS on 04/24 on the EDIC articles.

Many Thanks

Carter Terenzini

Interim Town Administrator

Town of Templeton

posted by Jeff Bennett