Tuesday, September 12, 2017


From the Templeton Town by-laws:
Article VIII – Records and Reports

Section 2. All officers, boards, standing committees, and special committees of the town having charge of the expenditure of town money shall annually report thereon in writing in such manner as to give the citizens a fair and full understanding of the objects and methods of such expenditures, referring, however, to the report of the Town Accountant for statements in detail of receipts and payments, and may make therein such recommendations as they deem proper. Such reports shall be submitted to the Selectmen for inclusion in the Annual Town Report on or before the thirty-first (31) day of January of each year.

 Section 4. The Annual Town Report shall contain, in addition to the reports of officers, boards, and committees as hereinbefore provided, a detailed report of all moneys received into and paid out of the town treasury in the financial year next preceding, showing separately payments made from the proceeds of loans as capital outlays for permanent improvements; the report of the collector of taxes, of receipts, payments and abatements; statements of all funds belonging to the town or held for the benefit of its inhabitants; a statement of the liabilities of the town on bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or otherwise, and of indebtedness authorized but not incurred, and the purpose thereof: a statement of transfers made to or from any appropriation: abstracts of the records of the meetings of the town held since publication of the last annual report; a complete list of town officers and appointees for the municipal year: and such other matters as the said report is required by law to contain, or as may be inserted by the Selectmen under the discretion granted them by law.

Section 5. The Selectmen, or the Town may direct that the Assessors’ valuation list, standing votes of the town, and the rules or regulations adopted by any officer, board or committee, be printed either separately or as part of the Annual Town Report. Sections 1-5 Originally Passed 3-5-51

Massachusetts General Law, chapter 41:


Section 61: Annual report

Section 61. The town accountant shall make an annual report, to be published as a town document, giving a statement of all receipts and expenditures of the town for the past financial year, including those of funds managed by trustees or commissioners for the town and showing also the amount of each specific appropriation, the expenditures therefrom, and the purpose for which money has been spent; and said statement shall be arranged in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the director of accounts. Such report shall contain a statement of any change in the amount of the town debt during the year and a list of indebtedness incurred and unpaid at the end of the financial year.

So where is the  report from the town accountant (late) that was promised by July 1, 2017?

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:29 AM

    This accountant can't or won't get the job done. So why is she praised so highly by the superiors and the auditor?

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    1. The law, who follows those ? Not the Town of Templeton ! Just make up some new ones, and if the old ones are inconvenient, Then just make up some new ones !! See easy as that.. Then you point the finger at others so they don't look at you. Straight from the CT handbook on how to mess with a town.

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    2. When the audit company came to Town they had a mess to deal with. Our Accountant helped them. This made her valuable to them.

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  2. I really don't believe we have clean numbers yet. How can we when accounts are still being adjusted.
    It is my belief that the town needs a COMPLETE REVIEW OF ALL MONEYS AND DEBT. Every account balance, every loan, every trust account.

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  3. Anonymous10:13 AM

    Anyone else having second thoughts about Templeton's "clean books"? Praise for the auditor and praise for the accountant from BOS. But junk books after all.

    Thanks AC, for finding and making public these gross errors. Where are the two years of OPEB appropriations?

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    1. Good question ? I still say, we need to have the Inspector General's office look at this mess. I do believe they would have to go back further than they think. Remember the $500,000. that the Town was short ? Town finances were screwed up a lot earlier than most people think. Maybe the Atty. General should speak to Scott Sawyer ? He could shed some light on this mess we are in. Bev.

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