Anonymous10:04 PM
I question the TA/Fellow combination satisfying the citizens vote 5/14/2013.
Section 4: Town Administrator-
“The Board of Selectmen is authorized and empowered to appoint a town
administrator who may be appointed for a term of one or three years, and to remove
the town administrator at their discretion. The town administrator appointed under the
provisions of this section shall be sworn to the faithful performance of the duties of
the office. During the time that the town administrator holds office the town
administrator shall hold no elective town office, but may be appointed by the Board
of Selectmen or, with their approval, by any other town officer, board, committee or
commission, to any other town office or position consistent with the town
administrator’s office. The Town Administrator shall receive such aggregate
compensation, not exceeding the amount appropriated therefore, as the Board of
Selectmen may determine. The Town Administrator shall act by and for the Board of
Selectmen in any matter which the Board may assign to the town administrator
relating to the administration of the affairs of the town or of any town office or
department under their supervision and control, or, with the approval of the Board of
Selectmen, may perform such other duties as may be requested by any other town
officer, board, committee or commission.”
And, further, to reflect the above-mentioned amendment to Article III of the
Templeton Revised General By-Laws, the following Templeton Revised General ByLaw
sections will also be amended by replacing the title of “Town Coordinator” with
the title of “Town Administrator” in
Article XLII-Capital Planning By-Law- Section 1:
And in: Article XLVII-Personnel By-Law –Section 3(b) and Section 3 (c)
Passed/May 16th @ 8:37
Section 4: Town Administrator-
“The Board of Selectmen is authorized and empowered to appoint a town
administrator who may be appointed for a term of one or three years, and to remove
the town administrator at their discretion. The town administrator appointed under the
provisions of this section shall be sworn to the faithful performance of the duties of
the office. During the time that the town administrator holds office the town
administrator shall hold no elective town office, but may be appointed by the Board
of Selectmen or, with their approval, by any other town officer, board, committee or
commission, to any other town office or position consistent with the town
administrator’s office. The Town Administrator shall receive such aggregate
compensation, not exceeding the amount appropriated therefore, as the Board of
Selectmen may determine. The Town Administrator shall act by and for the Board of
Selectmen in any matter which the Board may assign to the town administrator
relating to the administration of the affairs of the town or of any town office or
department under their supervision and control, or, with the approval of the Board of
Selectmen, may perform such other duties as may be requested by any other town
officer, board, committee or commission.”
And, further, to reflect the above-mentioned amendment to Article III of the
Templeton Revised General By-Laws, the following Templeton Revised General ByLaw
sections will also be amended by replacing the title of “Town Coordinator” with
the title of “Town Administrator” in
Article XLII-Capital Planning By-Law- Section 1:
And in: Article XLVII-Personnel By-Law –Section 3(b) and Section 3 (c)
Passed/May 16th @ 8:37
The above is from a town meeting vote but if you check the current Town by-laws on the Templeton Town website; you find this:
Section 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 5-16-13, Approved by A/G 8-22-13. Amended 5-19-14, Approved by
A/G 7-2-14
Section 4 was amended or changed on May 19, 2014, so there is no by-law change listed showing the creation of or change from town coordinator to town administrator. This glitch was brought to the attention to the selectmen by the Advisory Committee and it went to the Town attorney for review. An opinion/ideas on what may have happened with regards to intent of section 4. The selectmen have never addressed this, even though there is an outline of how to address it. So the question is; why not? Perhaps our favorite selectmen, master Fortes can address this and "fight" for its correction just as he stated he was fighting to have town employee salaries included in the annual town report.
My thought is do not hold your breath.
Where is the vote to hire this person that the administration calls a "fellow" ? What kind of power does this person have ? Can he hire or fire ? Who has last say over the running of town hall ? The fellow or Carter ? This is important! The biggest question is how long will he stay ? Will Town Hall end up being a revolving door, even more than it is already ? The town has had this problem when hiring new police officers, in the past. The community would pay to train them, and after the officer has some experience, they would leave. As the old saying goes, look before you leap. This is my opinion based on fact.
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