Financial management policy states accountant and treasurer do a cash forecast, why has it not been done? Even as a selectman (me) brought it up at several meetings, it is still not being done, even as auditor stated this lack of doing it could be costing town money, I am not going to cheer the selectmen or town administrator for that! It is like weekly town administrator reports "taking the summer off see you in September", hey town government is a full time job, so do what you are paid to do! Government employees did not lose one penny, not one paycheck during the covid shutdown and then they asked for premium pay, a friggin bonus for working when residents were losing hours and sometimes jobs and careers, so they can take the heat, bashing, critique or whatever one wishes to call it. No Mercy!
Town Meeting vote back a ways voted to increase selectmen from 3 to 5 and then town meeting voted to have town administrator (town meeting never voted for assistant TA) there is an assistant town administrator who over the past few years was given pay increases because of a work load and now there is an admin assistant to help out. There is state law, town bylaws and local policy to guide selectmen. Selectmen have put these various projects in front of town meeting and town meeting voted for them. The least the selectmen can and should do is follow policy to the letter, follow town bylaws to the letter and follow state law to the letter and get projects finished and keep the start of new projects at bay until a few of the previous approved projects are completed. It is their job and responsibility. Perhaps selectmen would have more time to devote to their primary duties if they stayed off other entities such as other town communities, which the MA department of revenue by way of division of local service has suggested over a number of years.
May, 1990 Templeton annual town meeting, article 24, town votes to increase selectmen from 3 to 5.
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Templetons Administration follows the "Holly, how is that done, well, we usually do it this way" plan which always trumps Policy, Bylaws, MGL and has for years in Templeton. Listen to the awesome explanation as to the increases in the Comcast billing.............organized, Oh ya........lol.
ReplyDeleteJeff, as you know they are not doing what DOR suggests, but neither have they completed what they have listed as complete from DOR/Auditors recommendations.
We need New Selectboard members. Ones that aren't so fragile that someone elses opinion can be better, huh Mike? Can Terri, Tim, Matt or Julie get the last word on anything or do you always have to explain everything in Mike speak?
The forecast was due by July 1st or so, but as Terri is pushing for it to be done, mike is seeking to push it back another month cause they are only having 1 meeting in August.
When did employee start saying what they will and wont do. Adam may be TA, but He is an employee of the Selectboard. Why are we only getting weekly reports 10 months a year?
We keep paying more and getting less from our employees. I think we really need to explore outsourcing more work..............
Well, summers off are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIf you really want a laugh go look at the meeting minutes and agendas at TMLWP…