Seems like they do things right over in Sterling, MA:

from Annual Town Report 2018 -Town Meeting.

ARTICLE 3. Set Salary of Municipal Light Board

MOTION MADE by Rich Lane that the Town vote to set the salary of the Sterling Municipal Light Board members as follows:

Chairman $1,500; Clerk $1,500; Third member $1,500; said sum to be an expense of the Sterling Municipal Light Department.

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY AS DECLARED BY THE MODERATOR

ARTICLE 15. Water Dept. Operation Enterprise Fund 

MOTION MADE by Bill Tuttle that the Town vote

to appropriate the sum of $912,586 from water department revenue, and further to appropriate $40,000 from 40 Water Enterprise Retained Earnings, for extraordinary or unforeseen expense as determined by the DPW Board and approved by the Finance Committee, for a total appropriation of $952,586 to operate the Water Department Enterprise Fund for Fiscal Year 2019 under the provisions of 

Chapter 44, Section 53F1/2,

Maybe Templeton needs to undue some special legislation and create a real DPW and have Water with Sewer?