History of Templeton Light & Water Plant at Templetonlight.com/History.html
Came across this while looking at Templeton light website and perhaps some useful information for taxpayers.
A 2010 entry has Lumus Construction awarded the bid to assemble, test and commission the wind turbine for a cost of $424,712.00 dollars.
The wind turbine was purchased from AAER in Canada. So if this information is available on this site, why is there not an available copy of all the costs for the wind turbine available to all who seek such information.
Also on this site is that in 2010 customer bill printing, sorting and mailing are now done outside the office by Mark Altman & Associates. This measure greatly reduced both departments cost per bill to process. My question is the definition of "greatly reduced costs" is this just a $1 dollar reduction or savings or could the entire $4.00 per customer service charge be done away with. Templeton Light is a not for profit entity! Perhaps a phone call or e-mail from Advisory Board or the selectmen can find what the total cost to do billing is and compare to the Templeton receipts of the $4.00 monthly per customer service charge. The wind turbine numbers mean there are some records available on the cost of the turbine and if that means there are incomplete financial records for a public entity, well that is just plain bad. (General manager sees a wind storm brewing and heads for parts unknown, wait he only went a few towns over) Hope this information is of interest to some taxpayers.
Jeffrey Bennett
Came across this while looking at Templeton light website and perhaps some useful information for taxpayers.
A 2010 entry has Lumus Construction awarded the bid to assemble, test and commission the wind turbine for a cost of $424,712.00 dollars.
The wind turbine was purchased from AAER in Canada. So if this information is available on this site, why is there not an available copy of all the costs for the wind turbine available to all who seek such information.
Also on this site is that in 2010 customer bill printing, sorting and mailing are now done outside the office by Mark Altman & Associates. This measure greatly reduced both departments cost per bill to process. My question is the definition of "greatly reduced costs" is this just a $1 dollar reduction or savings or could the entire $4.00 per customer service charge be done away with. Templeton Light is a not for profit entity! Perhaps a phone call or e-mail from Advisory Board or the selectmen can find what the total cost to do billing is and compare to the Templeton receipts of the $4.00 monthly per customer service charge. The wind turbine numbers mean there are some records available on the cost of the turbine and if that means there are incomplete financial records for a public entity, well that is just plain bad. (General manager sees a wind storm brewing and heads for parts unknown, wait he only went a few towns over) Hope this information is of interest to some taxpayers.
Jeffrey Bennett
Also included within the 2010 history is Templeton Light & Water purchase price of $2,154,141.00 dollars from AAER in Canada.
ReplyDeleteI know of a traffic study cost paid was told by Dana $60,000.00 to tranport parts here! also cost involved to repair track was 150k +? electronic switcher meter/master breaker unit,underground wires to poles on balwinville rd feeder lines. Maybe dana can fill in the blanks close to 1 million for infrastructure!
ReplyDeleteI'll ask piece by piece and see what it totals up to!
Let me check my notes and we'll see what shakes out!
Dave
I think we are having another snow job, and no Dave, you can't plow this one!! This bunch is going to con the public once too many times, and they will have more that one government agency breathing down their throat. There is always a trail, of one sort or another. Keep it up boys, and even Shaun is not going to talk, his and your way, out of the jam you will be in, if you are not in one already. I hope not, the town does not need more grief, than it has already. This is just my opinion, Bev.
Deletebev, help yourself first, then help others......you need to get a clue!!!!!!!! dont need to be college educated...OOOOOOOO k bev....i can see you are a bright one yourself
ReplyDeleteOOOOO k....what level of college education did our former TMLWP manager have??
ReplyDeleteOOOOOOO k
That's what I thought!
All college educated bev...once again get a clue......maybe you should take some college classes.....nah wouldn't get accepted in
ReplyDeleteFormer manager, Shaun Hamilton ? college educated? where and when? This is news
Deletewhere mwcc when none of ur business
DeleteSoooo OOOOO k Only the college educated get an opinion. Got it!
ReplyDeleteno just shouldn't make idiot comments without knowing the truth beneath the facade proposed.....
ReplyDeleteDo you have a comment or question about billing costs? If not, then move on. Posting snotty comments about people's college education (or intelligence) is pointless. Ask yourself if you are being helpful to the town by writing rude comments or are you simply spreading bad feelings and making the divide in Templeton even worse?
ReplyDeleteThis blog started personal rants...you make the bed you gotta lie in it....
Deleteanon 8:34......... THANK U !!!!!!!!!!!!
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