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Votes at a glance: Select Board actions, Jan. 22, 2025
Summary
The Select Board took several procedural and administrative votes on Jan. 22: it approved amended minutes, accepted senior center donations totaling $600, directed a change to the town website financial transparency link, and authorized an executive session on collective bargaining. Vote tallies and motions are listed below.
The Town of Templeton Select Board recorded the following formal actions at its Jan. 22, 2025 meeting.
1) Approval of meeting minutes (amended) Motion: To approve the meeting minutes of Jan. 8, 2025, as amended (mover/second not specified in the transcript). Vote: Tim — yes; Jeff — yes; Matt — yes; Terry — yes; Chairman Mike Curry — yes. Outcome: approved.
2) Acceptance of senior center donations Motion: To accept senior center donations (memo in packet) (mover/second not specified in the transcript). Donors and amounts noted in the meeting: $100 from Doris and John Brooks; $500 from the Knowlton Foundation for the Elderly (total $600). Vote: Tim — yes; Jeff — yes; Terry — yes; Matt — yes; Chairman Mike Curry — yes. Outcome: approved; board thanked donors and staff.
3) Change to the town website "Financial Transparency" link Motion (mover: Jeff; second: not specified): Change the town financial transparency link on the website from a ClearGov page to links that point instead to the state DLS gateway and a Templeton‑specific tax recap (two links to be provided on the site). Vote: Tim — yes; Jeff — yes; Terry — yes; Matt — yes; Chairman Mike Curry — yes. Outcome: approved; staff (Holly and Adam) to implement links and provide both DLS gateway and Templeton recap links.
4) Executive session on collective bargaining (police) Motion: Enter executive session under M.G.L. c. 30A, §21(a)(3) for strategy regarding collective bargaining with Police Local 155, with the board to only reconvene to close the open meeting. Vote: Tim — yes; Carrie — yes; Matt — yes; Chairman Mike Curry — yes; (motion seconded and carried). Outcome: approved; the board entered executive session and did not return to deliberations in public.
Notes: Where specific mover/second were not audible in the transcript, the meeting record showed motions and seconds and roll calls were taken and recorded on the public record. No ordinance adoptions, appointments or other legislative votes were taken at this meeting.
