from November 2023 special town meeting. ARTICLE 1: PAYMENT OF LATE BILLS

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the payment of late bills from prior fiscal years from the FY

2023 budgets of the following departments in the following amounts:

Building & Grounds $5,896

And to meet said appropriation by a transfer of said sum from certified free cash,

Or take any other action related thereto.

Submitted by the Select Board

9/10ths Vote Required

A motion was duly made and seconded that the Town voted to authorize the payment of late bills from

prior fiscal years from the FY 2023 budgets of the following departments in the following amounts:

Building & Grounds $5,896

And to meet said appropriation by a transfer of said sum from certified free cash.

Defeated by hand count-Y-47, N-7/November 15th @ 6:33

Now :

May 15, 2024 Templeton annual town meeting.

Article 1: payment of late bills, building and grounds - $5,896.00, to be paid from certified free cash. (covering general fund budget with one time money????)

November 2023, Templeton special town meeting was asked this same question, they voted no. At that meeting, a 9/10 vote was required but at annual town meeting, 4/5 vote required. I hope town meeting will tell selectmen NO once again!

What part of NO do the selectmen not understand?

 

Be nice if Town Hall people would post the approved warrant for May 15, 2024 Templeton annual town meeting to town website.

May 11 & 12, 2004 Templeton annual town meeting:

Article 45 To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following as a Town By-Law for the purpose of informing the citizens of Templeton, or to take any action thereto:

Official Town of Templeton Website

The Templeton Board of Selectmen shall designate an official Town

website, for the posting town business

On a motion duly made and seconded the Town voted to adopt the following as a Town By-Law for the purpose of informing the citizens of Templeton:

Official Town of Templeton Website

The Templeton Board of Selectmen shall designate an official Town website, for the posting town business, and provide for its maintenance, security, and improvement through a specific budget line item in the fiscal year following passage of this article.

Passed/May 12th @ 10:13

One town bylaw -

§ 22-4 Notice of meetings.

[Added 8-31-1978; amended 5-16-2013]

Notice of every Town Meeting shall be given by posting attested copies of the warrant therefor in a public place in each precinct as directed by the Board not less than seven days before the day fixed for the Annual Town Meeting, and not less than 14 days before the day fixed for a Special Town Meeting, and notice of said Town Meeting shall be published in a local newspaper and on the Town website.

Another town bylaw - § 22-17

Posting of bylaws and warrants.

[Added 5-12-2004]

The Board shall post all bylaws and Town Meeting warrants on the official Town website, within one business day of posting warrants or within three business days following notification of acceptance by the Attorney General of Massachusetts for bylaws. Bylaws existing prior to the passage of this bylaw shall be posted on the official Town website by the end of the fiscal year following passage of this article.

Hopefully, town meeting warrant is posted to town website sooner rather than later. You know, as a service to residents.

 Templeton fiscal year 24 meals tax.

1st quarter - $23,990.00

2nd quarter - $22,189.00

3rd quarter - $17,790.00

Total to date - $63,969.00.

 Depot Pond with Baldwinsville water supply dam, listed as private owned and a significant hazard on Ma dam safety website. Listed as verified. Looks like state already checked this one out and listed it as significant hazard.

Depot Pond with Baldwinville water supply dam, listed as private owned and a significant hazard on Ma dam safety website. Listed as verified. Looks like state already checked this one out and listed it as significant hazard,

 I made a deal with Bear, involving time and food, so he let me off the leash. I have taken out nomination papers for the position of selectman. Since Sunday is Easter, I will be out this afternoon and all day Saturday asking people to sign my papers. Signing does not mean you have to vote for me, it just gets my name on the ballot and then it is all up to voters. Thursday, March 28, when I took out papers, there was only me and current selectman Richard trying for the one spot on the ballot for the select board. I hope to give the voters another choice besides Richard or blank. There is always the possibility of a write in candidate as well. I hate having to bother people to ask them if they would sign a paper, but over the years, I have met many cool pups and a few cats, cats always seem leerier than pups for some reason.

 https://www.templetonma.gov/home/news/nomination-papers-for-the-annual-town-election-are-now-available-thru-thursday-march-28th

 So, here we go again, election time is coming and one can go to town hall to take out nomination papers. It was posted to the town website, and it was at the top of the list (as it should be in my opinion) but, the website just now shows The presidential primary will be held March 5, 2024, and I clicked link, and it shows as posted on February 7, 2024. The post on nomination papers is still posted, it is the 6th item shown on town website in center of page.

Next, I looked at agenda for next Templeton selectmen meeting, which is posted for Wednesday, March 5, 2024. What I do not find is electronic agenda items for draft town meeting warrant and budget, which as selectmen Toth commented at last selectmen meeting "all things for the meeting are supposed to be in packet, electronically before the meeting. Selectmen operating procedures states; 3.) Availability of Meeting Packet: The meeting packet, complete with all support materials available at the time, shall be transmitted to the Board members electronically no

later than 5 p.m. on the Friday preceding the meeting. Thereafter, it shall be available to the general public in paper form in the Board’s offices and on the Town's web site.

Is the primary more important to local residents than nomination papers and annual local elections? Nomination paper info shows posted to town website on February 26, 2024. The presidential primary is done, the annual election is upcoming. Tax dollars pay for this "service."