What got the ball rolling:

david smartJune 15, 2017 at 6:39 AM

Sort of like the former selectman JEFF BENNETT sitting on the Insurance Advisory Committee.
Should he have known or was he just stepping over MGL when he wanted to?
Should he have checked the procedures? After i meeting he was removed and things were straightened out. Hard to see the trees in the forest?
The more we look the more we will see in Templeton.

Jeff BennettJune 15, 2017 at 7:32 AM

little Davey I was voted on the IAC by a vote of the Advisory Committee which was following the Towns by-laws. When I was voted on the IAC, that made the BOS office "nervous so effort was made to see if they could keep me off. MGL and the Town by-law seemed to conflict even though the by-law had been approved by the attorney general of the state. I do not know if anyone ever checked to see if the Town by law was incorrect or not. I never did and because of that, the AC agreed or surmised that there would no longer be a member of the committee on the IAC, got it. little Davey pretty quiet on Templeton light & water. bought off by the powers at be by way of Light buying things for highway. wait til we see what was bought by snow & ice.

Advisory Committee meeting of April 14, 2016 - Insurance Advisory Committee appointment:

Motion by Wil Spring

Second by  Bev Bartolomeo

five members present - yes all for Jeff Bennett as representative from Advisory Committee to insurance advisory committee. First meeting on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 per Templeton Town bylaw that had been approved by the Attorney General.

So, is correcting the misrepresentation of facts an open meeting law violation?

 I will be waiting to hear.

posted by Jeff Bennett

from the Town Administrator report of 6/22/2017


n. After checking with your various schedules for availability I have scheduled a joint meeting with the Winchendon BoS for 07/27 at 7p in Winchendon Town Hall to discuss the opportunities for programmatic and management sharing.


Public Works Highway Department: Removed branches, stumps and loamed/seeded where trees were cut. The brush mower continues to mow road side areas thru out town. Re-Patched the pot hole under the bridge on Central St., water seems to be under mining the patch. We also patched in various other areas on Brooks Rd. and Baldwinville Rd. The Sweeper worked in the area of Barre Rd, Harley Hill, Henshaw and Stone Bridge, and continued to Minuteman and Musket. Approximately 15 Ton of milling put out on Claire Dr. to help even out the roughness in the road. This effort will continue as the winter took its toll on the surface of the road. The director attended the conservation meeting on Monday night to address the situation on Cottage lane. On Tuesday Alan attended the Elementary school meeting seeking info on the ONE WAY and RADIUS changes. Parts for the H7 and H9 ten wheelers are on hand and those two vehicles should be returned to the fleet. Alan reached out to the Light and Water department about obtaining their used bucket truck to replace the one that is out of service @ the highway barn. The meeting was positive in respect to the light and water will be upgrading in the Spring and would be open to surplus their 2006 to the highway department in the spring. The options to repair the 2001 truck are expensive, New motor ~$12,000.00, Rebuilt out sourced ~$8,000.00 and rebuild in-house ~$2000. Since the feeling from the Light & Water department is favorable that they would surplus the 2006 to us, we will be putting a small amount ($2k+/-) into the truck to get it running. This bucket truck is vital to highway for emergency storm and tree related issues.



posted by Jeff Bennett

Just a little late - again!

Screen shots make a pretty picture with time and date - Jeff Bennett

Templeton Board of Selectmen Town Hall, 160 Patriots Road, East Templeton Monday, June 26, 2017, 6:30 p.m. Agenda 1. Call the Meeting to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Meeting Minutes~ 6.12.17 4. New Business: a. Introduction of New Employee b. Discussion Re: 06/28 w/DOR (portions w/Advisory Committee) c. Action RE: Representative to MPO d. Action RE: Annual Appointments e. Action RE: Otter River Sportsman’s One-Day Licenses f. Action RE: Open Space Plan Submission to the State g. Action RE: Open Space Grant Re: Land Acquisition at TDC h. Action RE: BoS member to attend Advisory Committee Meetings i. Action RE: FY ’17 Budget Transfer Request(s) j. Action RE: Response to OML Complaint of J. Farrell k. Action RE: Response to OML Complaint of R. May l. Action RE: Filing of OML Complaint #1 w/Advisory Committee m. Action RE: Filing of OML Complaint #2 w/Advisory Committee n. Action RE: Memo of TA Re: Options to Fill Position o. Update RE: Town Website Renewal Project p. Update RE: Scholarship Committee q. Update RE: Audit Workpaper Review/Approval 5. Old Business: 6. Board & Staff Member Comments & Reports 7. Potential Request for Executive Session 8. Adjournment The listing of Agenda items is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent it is permitted by law. THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Scheduled By:the automatic scheduling system
Posted At: June 13, 2017 6 AM EDT
Last Modified: June 22, 2017 10:18 PM EDT
Minutes:	Minutes are not on record with the Town Clerk's office

41.06: Excess and Deficiency Funds

(1)  Every regional school district shall maintain an excess and deficiency fund on its books of account. At the end of every fiscal year, any surplus or deficit in the district's general fund shall be closed to the excess and deficiency fund.

(2)  On or before October 31 of each year, every regional school district shall submit to the Department of Revenue the forms and schedules as the Department of Revenue requires for the purpose of reviewing and certifying the balance in the regional school district's excess and deficiency fund. At the discretion of the Commissioner, the Department may withhold release of all or some part of the quarterly state school aid for the regional school district if the regional school district has not filed the required forms and schedules by such date.

(3)  A regional school committee may use all or part of the certified balance in the excess and deficiency fund as a revenue source for its proposed budget. If the certified balance exceeds five percent of the proposed budget, the regional school committee shall use the amount in excess of five percent as a revenue source for its proposed budget.

the above from 603 CMR 41:00

Seems to be the business of the school committee.

posted by Jeff Bennett

29.03: Notice Posting Requirements

(1) Requirements Applicable to All Public Bodies

(a) Except in an emergency, public bodies shall file meeting notices sufficiently in advance of a public meeting to permit posting of the notice at least 48 hours in advance of the public meeting, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, in accordance with M.G.L. c. 30A, sec. 20. In an emergency, the notice shall be posted as soon as reasonably possible prior to such meeting.

perhaps there was a computer error but it seems the no subject meeting agenda means there is no meeting or it will be an emergency meeting? Wonder how that rolls? Oh, the superior Board, that must be it. And the wheels go round and round.

posted by Jeff Bennett

A busy day indeed

2:28 PM

townadministrator

To  Paul Grubb,    selectmen.caplis@templeton1.org     and 7 others

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Good Day Paul:

As requested, the Chair has placed this on the agenda of 06/26.  However, he notes that it most likely cannot be the type of “working session” that the Advisory Committee might envision given that this is a regular business session for the Board.  There will be a limited amount of time (10+/- minutes) available in order to allow for the Board to act upon the many other matters before it that evening.  Further, he wanted to advise you that given the so-called “work-out” plan contained in the memo on the Audit exit meeting with DOR and their setting forth of further specific expectations on page 5 of their letter of May 23, his sense of the 06/28 meeting is that it may well prove to be more of a listening session for the Town than anything else.  With that he looks forward to seeing you on 06/26 and 06/28.

Many Thanks

Carter Terenzini

Interim Town Administrator

Town of Templeton

160 Patriots Road

East Templeton, MA 01438

The posting for a selectmen meeting copy/paste here at 8:15 P.M.

Information for Meeting of Board of Selectmen
Monday June 26, 2017 6:30 PM EDT

Town:	Templeton, MA
Board:	Board of Selectmen
Time:	Monday June 26, 2017 6:30 PM EDT
Location:	Town Hall 160 Patriots Rd., East Templeton, MA 01438 Conference Room
Agenda:	TBA
Scheduled By:	the automatic scheduling system
Posted At:	Jun 13, 2017 6 AM EDT
Last Modified:	Jun 13, 2017 6 AM EDT
Minutes:	Minutes are not on record with the Town Clerk's office posted by Jeff Bennett

david smart6:49 AM

Eatch your mouth kids could be reading and learning how to hide and take pot shots at the people who have saved them money. You forget i saved all TMLP ratepayers 12.00 per year when i pointed out the customer charges were never there prior to the 1st time in 2009.
But go ahead buy 2 more packs of smokes and enjoy.
At least my big mouth is worth something you nameless drone

Yes davey, you saved the residents $12.00 on their light bill so they could send that money into the town by way of taxes so you can have free tee shirts and such. Nice job!    

posted by Jeff Bennett