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Votes at a glance: Select Board — March 12, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and votes taken by the Templeton Select Board at its March 12, 2025 meeting, including appointments, procedural referrals and reappointments.
The Templeton Select Board recorded the following formal actions and outcomes at its March 12, 2025 meeting. This roundup lists motions, vote results and next steps from items that received board action or formal votes.
- Accept minutes (02/12/2025, amended): Motion to accept amended minutes passed by roll call (unanimous yes).
- Accept minutes (02/26/2025, amended): Motion to accept amended minutes passed by roll call (unanimous yes).
- Appoint Steven Anderson to Planning Board (term expiring 05/19/2025): Motion passed by roll call (unanimous yes); Mr. Anderson was present and indicated he will run for the position at the annual town meeting if he chooses.
- Parks & Recreation Commission appointments: After discussion and competing recommendations, the board appointed William Gunness, Kenneth McClure and Jim Bridal to terms expiring 06/30/2025. Vote recorded as 4 yes, 1 abstain (Matt).
- Reappoint Sheila Tallman to Board of Registrars (term ending 04/01/2028): Reappointment approved unanimously.
- Open Meeting Law complaint referral: A motion to refer the open‑meeting‑law complaint to town counsel was voted down 2–3. Later the board voted to delegate the written response to Chairman Mike Curry; the subsequent motion to have the chair respond passed 4–0 with one abstention (the complainant's author abstained).
- Accept Town Administrator resignation: Motion to accept the town administrator’s letter of resignation passed 3–2 (yes: Tim, Matt, Mike; no: Jeff, Terry).
- Interim Town Administrator appointment: Motion to appoint Holly Young as interim town administrator (effective 03/18/2025) was amended to a six‑month appointment through 09/17/2025 with a written agreement; the amended motion passed 5–0.
- Citizen of the Year nominations: Motion to open nominations and close them on 04/10/2025 at 4:30 p.m. passed unanimously.
- Designate Advisory Committee as special town employees: Motion passed 5–0.
- Motion to continue meeting past 10:00 p.m.: Motion to work beyond 10:00 p.m. passed 5–0.
For each vote the official meeting minutes and roll‑call records are the legal record; this summary reflects the board’s motions and announced roll calls during the March 12 meeting.
