MGL c 41 Section 108P. 
In any city, town or district that accepts this section, a collector or a treasurer who has completed the necessary courses of study and training and has been awarded a certificate by the Massachusetts Collectors and Treasurers Association as a certified Massachusetts municipal collector or a certified Massachusetts municipal treasurer or a certified Massachusetts district treasurer, shall receive as compensation from such city, town or district, in addition to the regular annual compensation paid by such city, town or district for services in such office, an amount equal to 10 per cent of such regular annual compensation, but not more than $1,000 per year. A collector or treasurer who has been awarded both certificates referred to above shall receive such additional compensation for only one such certificate. In order to qualify for such additional compensation, a collector or treasurer shall submit to the mayor or the board of selectmen of such city or town, or the governing board of a district proof of the award of either or both such certificates. The additional compensation provided in this section shall be prorated for any 12 month period in which an eligible person does not hold the office of collector or treasurer for 12 consecutive months. Such additional compensation shall be discontinued when certification is discontinued or withdrawn.

The above is as read/stated from Massachusetts General Law and it is no spin. CMMT is for After a person has been trained and certified. There is no mention of training and it is my opinion Dave Smart and Bob Markel that ii is disingenuous to have a budget line item indicating certification when you are going to have it for training. as I stated, in my opinion it would be better to have a training line item or to take the training expense out of that department budget. That my friend is no spin, it is my opinion. If anyone recalls, back in July, the Town had two special Town meetings and if you were there at one meeting or if you take the time to watch a recording of said meeting, you will hear Bob Markel state that after speaking with DOR and speaking with Town Counsel, the original Special Town Meeting scheduled for July 27, 2015 to transfer monies would have been illegal to do because the selectmen and or Town meeting only have until July 15 to transfer money from the previous fiscal year. Go read the law. So if no one had brought up the pesky little law, the Town Administrator and the board of selectmen would have broken the law and that is no spin. 
Nice to see a part time busy Town Administrator reads the blog.
Jeff Bennett