Town Council - Actions Taken - August 10, 2016

The official record of Actions Taken by the Town Council at Wednesday's meeting was posted on Thursday. As mentioned here previously, this is a marked improvement in the process. We still wait for the official minutes to see what the discussions were but the recorded votes are no readily available.

In summary

• the Council recognized Frankl Liotta for his contributions to Franklin as part of the Elks
• the newest detective and sergeant were sworn in, and the Police Dept re-established the practice of giving badge #1 to the longest serving officer
• Police Chief Thomas Lynch also provided an update on his first 6 weeks in charge
• the Council approved all the bylaws before them making changes to the site plan process, introducing the new parking plan for downtown (including removal of the parking meters), and approval of the open space and recreation plan

In the Council comments section Debbie Pellegri raised two objections: one to the hiring of an outside deputy Treasurer Collector (bypassing an internal candidate that 'was qualified') and to the disconnect created by the School Committee where they authorized salary increases of 2,2.5 and 3% over the next three years which is more than what the Town had settled for with the other unions.

The Actions Taken can be found in this PDF:






You can also find the Action Taken on the Franklin webpage
http://franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_News/02492F19-000F8513

My complete set of notes taken live during the meeting can be found here

• Live reporting: Council meeting closing
• Live reporting: Open Space plan and Legislation
• Live reporting: Town Council - Wednesday, Aug 10, 

Officer Fiorio getting his badge #1 pinned by his wife

Detective MacLain and Sargent Zimmerman getting their new badges pinned by family members

Asst Town Clerk Danello swears in Detective MacLean and Sargent Zimmerman

Town Council Chair Matt Kelly recognizes Frank Liotta for his long service