| Agenda: | Templeton Advisory Committee – September 20, 2023 @ 06:30 PM
The Templeton Advisory Committee regular business meeting is being broadcast live on TCTV Channel 8 and the TCTV YouTube channel. Responses will be made to comments on the TCTV YouTube channel as time permits.
The agenda and meeting materials for this business meeting were posted to www.mytowngovernment.org/01468 no later than 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting, in accordance with Commonwealth of Massachusetts Open Meeting Laws. The Chair reserves the right to add items to, remove items from, or change the order of the agenda. However, the agenda is posted in advance to give the committee and public time to review the agenda items, and to ensure the meeting runs within the allotted timeframe.
AGENDA
1) Call to Order by Chairperson at 6:30 PM, or when a quorum is present.
2) Pledge of Allegiance
3) Review & Approval of Meeting Minutes
a. None
4) Public Comments
5) New Business
a. Action RE: Budget VS Actual July
b. Action RE: Budget VS Actual August
c. Action RE: FY 23 Fourth Quarter Financial Report
d. Discussion RE: Recommend plan of action for current Town Accountant
e. Discussion RE: current Veterans Service officer has completed. Discuss Veteran Services reconciled veterans since July 2021 to current potential return under the CH115 approximately 30,000.
f. Action RE: Reserve Request Parks and Rec commission
g. Discussion RE: Proposed Earmark Requests
h. Discussion RE: The Use of Meals Tax dollars of the cherry sheet to purchase new police cruiser Fall Town Meeting
i. Discussion RE: Town owned Vehicles project usage policy for all employees other than Contracted personnel.
j. Discussion RE: new letter to Governor’s Office Requesting dollars for the Main Street Bridge Project this will be the second letter.
k. Discussion RE: Main Street Bridge Tighe and Bond
l. Action RE: Letter from BoS office concerning Funding Community Center Kitchen with FOTE, Recommendation from the AC
m. Discussion RE: Questions from the June BvA that was sent top the BoS office with response.
n. Discussion RE: Transportation Cost for student Norfolk Agricultural high School Recommendation
o. Discussion RE: Updated Amendment #4 to the Updated Financial Management Policy.
p. Discussion RE: 10 Pleasant Street Project / sale (is not placed on MLS) Recommend dollars be transfer after sale to the Infrastructure Stabilization Account
q. Discussion RE: Warrant Pre Town-Meeting (Open August 9,2023 and Closes September 28, 2023 projection is in November Date TBD by BoS
r. Discussion RE: Recommend on Light PILOT agreement recommendation to BoS
s. Discussion RE: Recommendation that the Select Board and Advisory write a letter asking the Worcester County Retirement Board to move the "catch up" year from the present 2036 to 2040 as permitted by statute. Attendance?
t. Discussion RE: Revisit the snow and ice deficit budget.
u. Discussion RE: Follow up on self-insurance idea following Monty Tech model.
v. Discussion RE: Considering spending requests, recommending an increase to the Advisory reserve fund of $25,000 at the fall town meeting. In my opinion approval of requests in September should be with the understanding that the reserve account will be supplemented at the fall town meeting.
w. Discussion RE: Recommending that the Select Board and Advisory write a letter to the NRSD school committee and Supt. Casavant that for FY 25 that money will be tight and that the Town will have a limited ability to raise the Town's contribution to the school budget with a corresponding increase in state aid to the Town side of the budget.
x. Discussion RE: Recommend a plan of action for the School Football Field and Track situation. Based on use of Grants, Regional District Money, Philipston and Templeton contributors and how.
6) Correspondence
7) Old Business
8) Member Comments
a) John Caplis
b) Nowell Francis
c) Michael Euvrard
9) Adjournment |