Templeton selectmen presented and the voters passed a town operating budget/spending plan with at least a $100,000.00 deficit built into it which will require either a transfer into fire department fund or 100 thousand in cuts from the plan to make it "balanced" Templeton still does not get having its finances straight.
regards;
Bennett
regards;
Bennett
Someone from DOR/DLS mentioned that planning on the $100,000 was only acceptable if the $100,000 was already in the fund at which time we were informed that it was all set, we now have $75,000 already...............lol. To me that looks like $25,000 and a few months late, but what do I know?
ReplyDeleteI do believe, when the Ambulance Fund was established, at a ATM, there was a understanding that money from this fund would only be used for Fire Department use only. Does this still stand ? If it does then Fire Department use it is ! Or is this another case of bait and switch.
DeleteAnon,
DeleteIs this what you are referring to?
ARTICLE 6 FUNDING FOR AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Fire Department/
Ambulance -- Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account or to otherwise raise and
appropriate a sum of money to fund Ambulance Department operations, with any
unexpended monies in the Ambulance budget being returned to the Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation Account and with any unexpended balances in the Receipts Reserved for
Appropriation Account being carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year; or to take any
other action relative thereto.
Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
Or do you mean this version from 2014. The 2015 version was similar to 2016.
ReplyDeleteARTICLE 6 FUNDING FOR AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Fire Department, Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account, or to otherwise raise and appropriate a sum of money to fund Ambulance Department operations, with any unexpended balances in the reserve account to be carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year; or to take any other action relative thereto.
Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
Found this one interesting:
ReplyDeleteToo see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote taken under Article 8 of the
Special Town Meeting held on November 7, 2011, creating a Fire
Department-Ambulance Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account for
ambulance receipts commencing in FY’13, rescinding this vote will remand
ambulance receipts to the General Fund of the Town; or to take any other
action relative thereto.
Submitted by the Board of Selectmen
Main Motion
Defeated/May 16
th @ 9:49
And the crown Jewel..................From 2011.
ReplyDeleteArticle 8 To see if the Town will vote to create a Fire Department-Ambulance
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account where collected ambulance
receipts for services are placed beginning with FY2013. Monies out of this
fund are expended only through town meeting vote for the purpose of
funding various Fire Department capital requests pursuant to the
betterment of the Fire Department services as deemed by the Templeton
Fire Chief.
Submitted by the Templeton Fire Chief
On a motion duly made and seconded the Town voted to create a FireAmbulance
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation Account where collected
ambulance receipts for services are placed beginning with fiscal year
2013.
Passed Unanimously/Nov. 7th @ 8:00
So, can someone with more smarts than me tell me if this can even be done?
ReplyDeleteThis really looks like a JACKPOT provided to Templeton Taxpayers by the Magnificent Terenzini............
ReplyDelete$100,000 shortfall and the Magnificent Terenzini is off with his potions to another community peddling his wares.
I'm hope I'm FOS, but the 2011 version seems to say "the money stays with Fire"!
It's obvious we aren't following the intent of this vote, but ...........
ReplyDeleteNow a nice chunk of our Fire budget requires another Yes vote or what? What happens if the people are just tired of the manipulation of the rules they created.
Wasn't the purpose of the Fire Chief in 2011 to keep that money available to Fire/Ambulance so that needed equipment could be funded and the money wouldn't be looted?