Looking over financial report on town website under selectmen meeting coming up on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, shows real estate penalties and interest collected at $29,727.54 and excise tax penalties + interest @ $25,642.05. Ya'll gave town extra 55 + thousand dollars.

The vaunted Templeton light and water dept. looking for some arpa money for water main replacement because all of a sudden, a project that has been on books for over 10 years is suddenly an emergency and they have no money set aside for capital projects. Seems like a good time to talk about that PILOT with light dept. per DOR recommendations from town financial review of 2009 and 2021. Also begs the question why the Templeton water enterprise fund budget does not go to town meeting.

Financial report shows MART reimbursement of $47,052.22, which should really go into a revolving fund for senior center. Amount of town money is really not the problem; it is management of those funds where problem lies.