"We want to ... really focus on what we think will make the biggest impact with the town," said Chairman Douglas Hardesty.
Hardesty presented a list of priorities he compiled from brainstorming sessions with the current committee and items the previous Long Range Financial Planning Committee was unable to fully evaluate.
The list includes projecting and evaluating retirement benefits, the high school project, the tax burden, efforts to change state legislation and road and other capital investments.
"We want to take a problem and say (to the council or School Committee) here's your portfolio of options," committee member Greg DiMarzio said.
The previous committee, comprised mostly of elected officials, produced a report that explained the town faced a structural deficit in which revenue growth was less than what was required to maintain services. They projected that, through 2014, expenses would grow faster than revenue by $7 million to 10 million.Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1336254064/Franklin-long-range-board-debates-future-emphasis#ixzz1KoD482Ra
Prior meeting reports are available here
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/p/meeting-notes-2008.html
Franklin, MA
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