Town Council authorizes $6.2 million for spending and sets aside $300,000 for future

The Town Council was busy approving spending and saving on Wednesday evening. The grand total approved was $6.5 million with the breakdown shown below.

Savings Approved
Fire truck	$100,000
Artificial Turf Fields	$200,000
	$300,000
Spending approved
Election expenses	$3,500
Veterans Benefits	$50,000
Sidewalks for Pleasant and Chestnut Streets	$1,800,000
Capital expenses (see listing for individual items)	$1,938,607
Water improvements	$1,300,000
Sewer improvements	$1,200,000
Recreation improvements	$50,000
	$6,288,607
grand total of approvals	$6,588,607

Within the document, the links will take you to the details on each authorization item



You can also find a copy of this file on the Town of Franklin webpage
http://franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_News/023987EB-000F8513


My notes reported live from the meeting on Wednesday can be found here

• Live reporting: to Closing
• Live reporting: Legislation for Action
• Live reporting: Town Council - April 6, 2015

DelCarte will get some funding to address the invasive species issues