Tuesday, November 25, 2014

In the News: sewer repairs, tax rate set


The public works department needs to make emergency repairs on a damaged culvert off Beaver Street that supports a section of sewer line to prevent a potential "environmental disaster." 
If the cast iron pipe is compromised, raw sewage will flood into nearby Mine Brook at a rate of 2 million gallons per day. 
Originally installed in 1914, the pipeline transports 70 percent of the town’s sewage flow effectively from Beaver Street to Pond Street. The lining inside the pipe has weakened from years of erosion.
Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20141125/NEWS/141128016/1994/NEWS



Town councilors have approved a 39-cent increase to the tax rate, raising it from $14.45 to $14.84. 
Taxes on a home assessed at $381,000 -- the average value – will increase by 7.5 percent, or roughly $397, in fiscal year 2016. 
Overall, residential property values have increased by about 4.7 percent, according to Kevin Doyle, the director of assessing. 
“Values are beginning to trend up slowly — about a half a percent per month — and we’re continuing to track the market,” Doyle said last week during the brief tax rate hearing before the council.
Continue reading the article in the Milford Daily News (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20141125/NEWS/141128012/1994/NEWS


New FHS layout, green section in front left position along Oak St is where the practice field
New FHS layout, green section in front left position along Oak St is where the practice field would be that is now going to be a turf field and that will be regulation sized to be used for games

As reported last week, the summary of the Town Council meeting can be found here (including links to all the detailed reporting during the meeting)
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/11/the-town-council-reorganizes-sort-of.html


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