The average salary for a Templeton highway employee (laborer/operator) is around $45,500.00 plus on average 27 - 30 thousand dollars per employee for benefits.

Also, funds in budget for each employee:

$300.00 for boots, $200.0 for glasses, $125.00 for jacket, $100.00 for DOT physicals, $75.00 drug testing, Tee shirts (5 each @ $12.50 per shirt).

Town of Templeton pays 75% of the costs for health insurance for each covered employee.

All of this information is listed in a budget book and is part of the cost of maintaining roads, parks, etc. All of this is paid before any money is allotted to repair roads. Roads are public safety number 1 because everyone drives on the roads, residents, police, fire, ambulance and if the roads are unsafe, that affects everyone, if the roads are not plowed, no ambulance is getting thru.

Hopefully this year, each town employees pay will be included in the annual town report, as it should be.

 Unfinished, not started Templeton projects,

from October 2022 expenditure report from the accountant.

2019 - recreation - Gilman Waite / $10,000.00.

2019 - building/grounds - senior center / $19,581.00.

2020 - building/grounds - town hall cameras / $3,000.00

2020 - DPW - Main Street bridge / $148,700.00

2021 - DPW - Royalston Road title work / $15,448.00

2021 - select board - NRSD regional agreement / $9,395.00.

2023 -DPW - Improve GW building / $15,000.00.

2023 - DPW - street signs / $7,500.00.

December 31, 2022 will be end of 2nd quarter, so department quarterly reports should happen at a selectmen meeting in January, these and other things demand explanation and estimation of completion, if project is actually planned to be completed. 2019, 2020, 2021 monies will probably not do what was presented at the time due to increase in costs and a dollar buying less today than it would have back in 2019. (thanks joe biden)