Votes: advisory committee approves minutes, annual report and requests policy on capital-item reuse

At the start of the meeting the Templeton advisory committee took routine votes and later adopted recommendations for town policy.

The committee approved the minutes of the Sept. 18, 2025 meeting, and approved the advisory fiscal-year 2025 annual report with a roll-call vote. Later in the evening the committee voted to request that the town administrator and the select board create and approve a policy governing reuse, repurposing and surplus of capital items (including vehicles) and voted to place a vendor/central office-supplies proposal on the January agenda for the town administrator’s response and further discussion.

Votes at a glance
- Approval: Minutes of Sept. 18, 2025 — Outcome: approved (roll call: Bev — yes; April — yes; Ruth — yes; Declan — yes; recorded additional affirmative vote). Motion moved and seconded (names recorded in minutes).

- Approval: Advisory fiscal-year 2025 annual report — Outcome: approved (roll call recorded: Bev — yes; April — yes; Ruth — yes; Declan — yes; additional affirmative vote recorded).

- Motion: Draft a recommendation/letter asking the town administrator and select board to develop an approved policy on how capital items are reused or not (including vehicle transfers) — Outcome: approved (roll call: Bev — yes; April — yes; Liz — yes; Jacqueline — yes; additional affirmative vote recorded). The motion instructs advisory to write a letter to the town to request the policy be developed and returned to the select board for approval.

- Motion: Put on the January agenda a discussion to revisit and prepare a proposal for a vendor list and central office-supply policies so the town administrator can respond (to be discussed with town administrator in February) — Outcome: approved (roll call: Bev — yes; Liz — yes; Jacqueline — yes; additional affirmative vote recorded).

- Adjournment — Outcome: approved by voice vote/roll call.

All motions listed above were recorded on the meeting roll calls and the committee passed each motion as summarized.