Thursday, March 17, 2011

"found no major discrepancies during his annual independent audit"

The council must still approve a bylaw change before the poles, located between East Central and Depot streets, can be removed, Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting said. 
Nutting told the council the project would cost utility company National Grid about $100,000, resulting in a $1 one-time cost to residential electric customers. Business and industrial customers would pay more money, Nutting said. 
"We thought the aesthetics of Main Street would be improved," he said. 
The town is planning to improve sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting and other elements of downtown in the coming years thanks to $5 million in federal funding. But that money cannot be used for putting utility wires underground, Nutting said. 
Last year, the council decided not to pursue a $1 million project to remove utility poles along East Central Street because that would cost cable and electric customers $65-120. The Main Street work would only impact electric customers, as there's no cable line there.
Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/archive/x1664570521/Franklin-hopes-to-put-some-downtown-wires-underground#ixzz1GqhWMwz0

The full set of notes reporting on the Town Council meeting of Wednesday, Mar 16, 2011 can be found here:
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/03/town-council-meeting-031611.html


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