Templeton Tax Rate through the years:

From the Division of Local Services website

Fiscal Year - 2014 - $16.24

Fiscal Year - 2015 - $16.64

Fiscal Year - 2016 - $16.47

Fiscal Year - 2017 - $16.12

Fiscal Year - 2018 - $16.72

Some of that increase is due to debt payment of feasibility for new school. Part of the price for increase in property values due to the building of a new school is more taxes;  again, Merry Christmas.