Who is on first base?
Email sent this morning, June 16, 2023:
(d) Documents and other exhibits, such as photographs, recordings or maps, used by the body at an open or executive session shall, along with the minutes, be part of the official record of the session.
(e) The minutes of any open session, the notes, recordings or other materials used in the preparation of such minutes and all documents and exhibits used at the session, shall be public records in their entirety and not exempt from disclosure pursuant to any of the exemptions under clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4. Notwithstanding this paragraph, the following materials shall be exempt from disclosure to the public as personnel information: (1) materials used in a performance evaluation of an individual bearing on his professional competence, provided they were not created by the members of the body for the purposes of the evaluation;
The evaluation of the TA was complete using paper work created by the board, as in chair, as in I have the email from one chair, Mike Currie and a second chair, Tim Toth, so I do not believe any exemption pertains to this item. Did you all or the TA and chairman intentionally leave the eval off the list? I hope no more money is wasted on town counsel to answer any future OML complaints, I mean you all did not list the documents per OML, a mistake made often, not the end of the world, but it does matter. Please fix this stuff and ensure paid staff follow the rules when putting minutes in front of you for a vote and make sure you actually do what that form you all should have signed says to do. Thank You.
regards,
Jeff Bennett
Also from the June 14th meeting..............sent to selectboard.
ReplyDeleteOn June 14, 2023 during the Board of Selectman Meeting the board violated Templeton By-law:
§ 9-22
Membership; compensation; appointment; terms.
The Council shall consist of five members, who shall serve without pay. Potential Council members shall be nominated by a majority vote of the existing members of the Council, and no member so nominated for Council membership is to serve on the Council until appointed by the Select Board. Such persons shall be appointed on a rotating basis, each for a three-year term. There shall be at least a one-year hiatus prior to re-appointment after the second full term is served.
This is a 5 member Committee who only had 2 members in 2023 (no quorum). The board nominated and approved both members who are ineligible based on this bylaw.
I guess Mikes promises to the Taxpayer at the May 24th meeting are as empty as our budget.
Make sure you pat yourselves on the back for all your good work!
Tim, doesn't it feel special knowing that the town is paying these folks to give you bad information that violates laws?