Templeton Select Board reorganizes, warns of no overnight police coverage starting July 1. The board re-elected Jeff Bennett as chair and Tim Toth as vice chair Monday on 3-1 votes, with Megan Graves opposed in both cases and new member April Culver elected clerk without opposition.
Templeton's Conservation Commission cleared a Valley View Farm event tent and moved to fix a dam-blocked drain pipe.
Templeton's annual town meeting approved a $12,427,729 municipal budget and a $10,052,160 regional school assessment Tuesday, both contingent on a May 18 property tax override vote.
Templeton's Select Board voted 4-0 to sell four town-owned parcels and used its last meeting before the May 18 override election to clarify ballot language for voters.
Templeton heads into its annual town meeting Wednesday with a Proposition 2½ override vote as the centerpiece of a packed warrant.
Templeton's Agricultural Commission weighed reviving a money-losing farmer's market and flagged an unresolved ownership dispute over community garden beds.
Templeton Board of Health reviewed draft battery storage and tobacco rules without taking substantive votes. Health Agent Laurie Wiita reported regional respiratory illness activity "very low" and warned residents about ticks and mosquitoes.
The Templeton Advisory Committee recommended 28 of 40 annual town meeting warrant articles, including $330,000 for a Heroes Park memorial, while warning the warrant still lacks dollar figures for a Proposition 2 1/2 override.
Templeton's Community Preservation Committee unanimously approved a $330,000 warrant article to create Heroes Park at Houghton Park, a veterans memorial for service members from the Korean War through the Global War on Terror who have no existing monument in town.