Selectmen in the past have tried to go after the betterment money and there has been transfers from sewer to aid the Town general fund budget, it is in town meeting "minutes" and annual town reports. There have been past attempts by selectmen to take over the sewer department. There now seems to be the same attempt to repeat history and take from there to cover here. What happens when there are no places left to take from? The audits are general fund expenses and should be paid as such.

So when will the selectmen be meeting with the light and the water departments to look at thier budget? How much will the Templeton Municipal light and water departments be contributing to Town audit expense? I hope selectmen Brooks is looking at those items as well. We did have to have a town meeting to see if the voters would allow the borrowing of money to build a new water tank. Remember, when a town gets a certain amount of federal dollars, a separate audit from the Town's audit is required and none of those federal dollars are suppose to be used to pay for that required separate audit.

posted by Jeff Bennett