Click to view the FY'19 Budget & Annual Town Meeting Information Page.
for your reading pleasure.
The above link should take you right to the information.
The information presented on the Town website may change, depending on the certified school budget that will most likely happen on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at the next school committee meeting. The school budget sub committee is suppose to meet on Monday, March 26, 2018 at 6:00 P.M. It is possible there is last minute movement on the part of the school budget.
Information you may not find on the Templeton Town website:
Fiscal Year 2019 - selectmen/5100 - Personnel at $168,750.00
Fiscal Year 2018 - selectmen/5100 - Personnel at $164,500.00
For official explanations, contact Board of Selectmen Office;
Posted hours - Mondays; 7:30 A.M. until 6:30 P.M.
Tuesday - Thursday; 7:30 A.M. until 4:30 P.M.
Closed on Fridays
Telephone Number listed as 978-894-2755
Thursday, March 22, 2018
With regards to unions, etc., what has been posted here previously has to do with labor contracts, often referred to as CBA or collective bargaining agreements.
What was posted concerned the financial ramifications of those agreements/contracts.
Within the fiscal year 2019 spending plan is a figure of $40,000.00 to cover merit pay raises and CBA requirements. Those are things that were signed previously and now have to be covered. Those things have an effect on taxes. Not talking about them, not pointing those out is equivalent to putting one's head in the sand. You may not see those items, it is not known at this time if there will be a line by line explanation of the proposed spending plan or not.
Within the draft Town Meeting warrant is article 22. Fiscal Year 2019 general fund operating budget.
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of (now blank) for the operations of general government for fiscal year 2019 and to meet said appropriation with a transfer of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars an no cents from the ambulance receipts reserved for appropriation, anticipated receipts and the balance from taxation. Or to take any other action thereto.
What was posted concerned the financial ramifications of those agreements/contracts.
Within the fiscal year 2019 spending plan is a figure of $40,000.00 to cover merit pay raises and CBA requirements. Those are things that were signed previously and now have to be covered. Those things have an effect on taxes. Not talking about them, not pointing those out is equivalent to putting one's head in the sand. You may not see those items, it is not known at this time if there will be a line by line explanation of the proposed spending plan or not.
Within the draft Town Meeting warrant is article 22. Fiscal Year 2019 general fund operating budget.
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of (now blank) for the operations of general government for fiscal year 2019 and to meet said appropriation with a transfer of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars an no cents from the ambulance receipts reserved for appropriation, anticipated receipts and the balance from taxation. Or to take any other action thereto.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Massachusetts General Law - chapter 268A
Section 21A: Members of municipal commission or board; restrictions on appointments to certain positions
Section 21A. Except as hereinafter provided, no member of a municipal commission or board shall be eligible for appointment or election by the members of such commission or board to any office or position under the supervision of such commission or board. No former member of such commission or board shall be so eligible until the expiration of thirty days from the termination of his service as a member of such commission or board.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a member of a town commission or board, if such appointment or election has first been approved at an annual town meeting of the town.
Keep track of this law, it might be important at Town Meeting.
Is this a problem? Perhaps.
Another director of veterans services:
Information for Meeting of Community Veteran's Oversight Board
Another director of veterans services:
Sheila will be available by phone 978-894-6971 for calls as needed.
To email, please click on Director of Veterans Services, Sheila Pelletier's, name at the bottom of the page.
Information for Meeting of Community Veteran's Oversight Board
Tuesday March 20, 2018 6:30 PM EDT
| Town: | Templeton, MA |
| Board: | Community Veteran's Oversight Board |
| Time: | Tuesday March 20, 2018 6:30 PM EDT |
| Location: | American Legion Post 373, 3 Central Street Templeton, MA 01468 |
| Agenda: | Not Yet Available |
| Scheduled By: | the automatic scheduling system |
| Posted At: | Feb 21, 2018 5 AM EST |
| Last Modified: | Feb 21, 2018 2:23 PM EST |
Mar 21, 2018 - NRSD School Committee
PRELIMINARY BUDGET HEARING
Subject
Motion to enter FY19 Preliminary Budget Hearing
Motion to open the FY19 Preliminary Budget Hearing. The FY19 Budget Hearing will be adjourned and the Committee will continue back in open session with their regular School Committee business.
Templeton Board of Selectmen NRHS KIVA, 464 Baldwinville Road, Baldwinville, MA 01436 Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 6:00 p.m. AGENDA Attend Narragansett Regional School Committee Meeting- General Discussion RE: Budget Hearing and Meeting
Templeton Town Hall - not really ADA compliant.
If you happen to be in a wheel chair, either permanent or temporary, and you go to Templeton Town hall, you find your self in front of a door that you have to roll up to, grab handle and wheel yourself backwards in order to open the door to enter. I believe one item to upgrade is to have bi fold doors with a push device to automatically open doors inward so the person can enter Town Hall safely. I believe those were the type of doors originally recommended when the work on Town Hall began so as to make it ADA compliant. So, "it has a ramp, doors and bathrooms, what else do you want?"
Perhaps, all that is wanted is simple and safe access to a public building, and I do not think that is available right now for everyone.
While it is costly, doing the door (s) over twice, to assist anyone who may require such things to enter a public building, may not only be needed in order for those residents to go to Town Hall, to attend meetings for instance, the door do over might be required to be compliant within the law. It is no different than handicap parking spaces, you know the parking area up front and close to a store's door that are often empty. They are required by law and if it is required by law and it will aid / enable a citizen/ resident / taxpayer to enter Town Hall, then that is it
I recall a comment (s) here on this blog concerning how we treat and take care of seniors, children, etc, speaks to the character of the Town and could be one of many reasons a person or family might choose Templeton as a place to live, I think the same case can be made for how a Town tries to look out for people who may need the extras to take part in the process of Town government.
If you happen to be in a wheel chair, either permanent or temporary, and you go to Templeton Town hall, you find your self in front of a door that you have to roll up to, grab handle and wheel yourself backwards in order to open the door to enter. I believe one item to upgrade is to have bi fold doors with a push device to automatically open doors inward so the person can enter Town Hall safely. I believe those were the type of doors originally recommended when the work on Town Hall began so as to make it ADA compliant. So, "it has a ramp, doors and bathrooms, what else do you want?"
Perhaps, all that is wanted is simple and safe access to a public building, and I do not think that is available right now for everyone.
While it is costly, doing the door (s) over twice, to assist anyone who may require such things to enter a public building, may not only be needed in order for those residents to go to Town Hall, to attend meetings for instance, the door do over might be required to be compliant within the law. It is no different than handicap parking spaces, you know the parking area up front and close to a store's door that are often empty. They are required by law and if it is required by law and it will aid / enable a citizen/ resident / taxpayer to enter Town Hall, then that is it
I recall a comment (s) here on this blog concerning how we treat and take care of seniors, children, etc, speaks to the character of the Town and could be one of many reasons a person or family might choose Templeton as a place to live, I think the same case can be made for how a Town tries to look out for people who may need the extras to take part in the process of Town government.
Monday, March 19, 2018
TO: Board of Selectmen
FROM: Carter Terenzini, Town Administrator
RE: Administrator’s Weekly Report
DATE: March 15, 2018
CC: All Departments
Now accepting applications for one Full-Time Police Officer position. Please double check the revised budget hearing schedule and keep all of your units tuned in! Business Meeting or Workshop: The following is intended to supplement agenda items where a full memorandum may not have been required or updates are needed.
Weekly Report: Monty Tech approved its Preliminary Budget. We have adjusted the budget to reflect this budget. You will see on the revision sheets circulated that we covered the roughly $35k above our hoped-for increase of $15k+/- with the $32k we moved from grants to the revenue ledger. While this eliminates any assistance in offsetting the potential NRSD assessment I do have some hope after spending a lengthy period of time with the Superintendent that he is mindful of the challenges facing us and exploring all possibilities for closing the gap in some fashion. While the final decision remans with the School Committee, our conversations have been respectful and co-operative. I attended the NRSD Re-Organization Committee. Unfortunately, I had to leave about 6:15p for our meeting. After a review of the costs and educational merits of two basic grade configurations, the conclusion was to meet again on 03/26 at 4:30 p.m. and come to a recommendation to submit to the School Committee. Given the complexity of the many issues involved – and matters I believe need yet to be explored – I’ll be reaching out to spend some extended time with each of you for a fuller briefing. Going into the Tuesday storm we had a deficit of roughly $42k. I attended the Phillipston FinCom to present the costs for local dispatch in several configurations. They made clear the programmatic decision of how to procure this service was not in their domain but did appear to have a general agreement that the price was not out of line. I will reach out to the BoS once more to advise them of the possibility of shaving the price by $1k if they do not desire the ConnectTY module. I briefed the incoming Town Counsel on the Draft ATM warrant and potential ballot questions. I have asked him to concentrate his first review on the “standard” questions (i.e. budget, CPC, and the like) while I await your intent on some of the other articles (Over-Ride, By-Law revisions and the like).
Administration & Finance
Town Accountant: Nothing to report this week.
Treasurer/Collector: Nothing to report this week.
Assessor: Returning to the office after being out 2 weeks. Committed and created real estate and personal property tax bills and export files for the 4th Quarter Tax Bills. Bills will be mailed out next week. Received notification and committed 2nd batch of Motor Vehicle bills, these will be mailed out March 26th with an April 24th due date. Also did motor vehicle rebills from other towns. These will be mailed next week with the same dates. Created supplemental tax bills for 2 new homes that received occupancy permits. Reviewed budgets from Town Administrator in preparation for next week budget meeting. Working on compiling information for Carter. Counter traffic still steady. Thank you, Sue, for covering the office these past two weeks.
Town Clerk: Spent the week performing the regular responsibilities and duties required for this office.
Public Works
Highway Department: Snow, Snow and more Snow, it seems like SPRING will never get here. Trucks were prepped and readied for the weekly Nor’easter. The Older of the loaders was taken out of service. That is 4 vehicles in the last 4 weeks taken out of service, M11 the catch basin truck, H35 a 6- wheeled dump truck, H10 the department pick up and now the loader. Our aging fleet is rapidly depleting.
Buildings & Grounds: Snow removal for the Building & Grounds guys as well, continuous efforts in plowing, sanding and shoveling of parking lots, roads and walkways. Began to remove snow from roof edges and overhangs. Replaced stair treads @ the highway barn. Serviced the push mowers.
While looking for funds to cover increases in other things and considering overrides, cutting some services, I cannot help but to think back a few years and recall the highway department had two loaders, both were said to be worn out, too costly to repair. Even one highway employee stated that they were unreliable at the time. Apparently, the two loaders have been in service despite those statements. A new loader was bought with chapter 90 monies. All three loaders were in the public relations video showing the highway department in action down at the Town sand pit.
If those loaders were too costly to maintain, repair and were unreliable, why were they still being used? To me, unreliable means unsafe and if equipment is unsafe, take it out of service, period.
Taxpayers told that two pieces of equipment need to be replaced because they are worn out and too costly to repair, yet stay in service for many years afterwards and even after a new loader is purchased may cause voters to be wary of future claims that this or that is needed. There may be a true need, but hey, that is what they said about the loaders, but they kept using them for like six years more (and counting). Templeton needs truth in "advertising"
FROM: Carter Terenzini, Town Administrator
RE: Administrator’s Weekly Report
DATE: March 15, 2018
CC: All Departments
Important Notices
Public Budget Meeting – Wednesday, March 28th at 6:30 p.m.
PLEASE spread the word and Posting!
http://www.templeton1.org/sites/templetonma/files/file/file/publichearing031418_1.pdf
Now accepting applications for one Full-Time Police Officer position. Please double check the revised budget hearing schedule and keep all of your units tuned in! Business Meeting or Workshop: The following is intended to supplement agenda items where a full memorandum may not have been required or updates are needed.
Weekly Report: Monty Tech approved its Preliminary Budget. We have adjusted the budget to reflect this budget. You will see on the revision sheets circulated that we covered the roughly $35k above our hoped-for increase of $15k+/- with the $32k we moved from grants to the revenue ledger. While this eliminates any assistance in offsetting the potential NRSD assessment I do have some hope after spending a lengthy period of time with the Superintendent that he is mindful of the challenges facing us and exploring all possibilities for closing the gap in some fashion. While the final decision remans with the School Committee, our conversations have been respectful and co-operative. I attended the NRSD Re-Organization Committee. Unfortunately, I had to leave about 6:15p for our meeting. After a review of the costs and educational merits of two basic grade configurations, the conclusion was to meet again on 03/26 at 4:30 p.m. and come to a recommendation to submit to the School Committee. Given the complexity of the many issues involved – and matters I believe need yet to be explored – I’ll be reaching out to spend some extended time with each of you for a fuller briefing. Going into the Tuesday storm we had a deficit of roughly $42k. I attended the Phillipston FinCom to present the costs for local dispatch in several configurations. They made clear the programmatic decision of how to procure this service was not in their domain but did appear to have a general agreement that the price was not out of line. I will reach out to the BoS once more to advise them of the possibility of shaving the price by $1k if they do not desire the ConnectTY module. I briefed the incoming Town Counsel on the Draft ATM warrant and potential ballot questions. I have asked him to concentrate his first review on the “standard” questions (i.e. budget, CPC, and the like) while I await your intent on some of the other articles (Over-Ride, By-Law revisions and the like).
Administration & Finance
Town Accountant: Nothing to report this week.
Treasurer/Collector: Nothing to report this week.
Assessor: Returning to the office after being out 2 weeks. Committed and created real estate and personal property tax bills and export files for the 4th Quarter Tax Bills. Bills will be mailed out next week. Received notification and committed 2nd batch of Motor Vehicle bills, these will be mailed out March 26th with an April 24th due date. Also did motor vehicle rebills from other towns. These will be mailed next week with the same dates. Created supplemental tax bills for 2 new homes that received occupancy permits. Reviewed budgets from Town Administrator in preparation for next week budget meeting. Working on compiling information for Carter. Counter traffic still steady. Thank you, Sue, for covering the office these past two weeks.
Town Clerk: Spent the week performing the regular responsibilities and duties required for this office.
Public Works
Highway Department: Snow, Snow and more Snow, it seems like SPRING will never get here. Trucks were prepped and readied for the weekly Nor’easter. The Older of the loaders was taken out of service. That is 4 vehicles in the last 4 weeks taken out of service, M11 the catch basin truck, H35 a 6- wheeled dump truck, H10 the department pick up and now the loader. Our aging fleet is rapidly depleting.
Buildings & Grounds: Snow removal for the Building & Grounds guys as well, continuous efforts in plowing, sanding and shoveling of parking lots, roads and walkways. Began to remove snow from roof edges and overhangs. Replaced stair treads @ the highway barn. Serviced the push mowers.
While looking for funds to cover increases in other things and considering overrides, cutting some services, I cannot help but to think back a few years and recall the highway department had two loaders, both were said to be worn out, too costly to repair. Even one highway employee stated that they were unreliable at the time. Apparently, the two loaders have been in service despite those statements. A new loader was bought with chapter 90 monies. All three loaders were in the public relations video showing the highway department in action down at the Town sand pit.
If those loaders were too costly to maintain, repair and were unreliable, why were they still being used? To me, unreliable means unsafe and if equipment is unsafe, take it out of service, period.
Taxpayers told that two pieces of equipment need to be replaced because they are worn out and too costly to repair, yet stay in service for many years afterwards and even after a new loader is purchased may cause voters to be wary of future claims that this or that is needed. There may be a true need, but hey, that is what they said about the loaders, but they kept using them for like six years more (and counting). Templeton needs truth in "advertising"
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