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Saturday, January 28, 2017

Fire fighters sworn in, communications improvements touted, Summer St development for 34 units turned down

The Town Council recap of the Jan 18, 2017 meeting has a few key takeways: 

1 - Three new fire fighters were sworn in: Becky Caroline, AJ Morris, Katherine Forest
Becky Caroline, AJ Morris, Katherine Forest
Chief McCarragher, Becky Caroline, AJ Morris, Katherine Forest

2 - The Finance Committee added a new member: David Wiech

 3 - Deputy Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and Councilor Glen Jones presented on the series of accomplishments in improving the communications and information availability with more to come in 2017.



4 - The residents of Summer St came out in force again to speak against the proposed addition of 34 houses on an 11 acre property that could be developed with 7-8 under the current zoning. The vote to make the map change was 5-3 but was insufficient to pass the measure. 6 votes were required. The council vote was by roll call. 
  • Dellorco - No
  • Jones - No
  • Vallee - Yes
  • Pfeffer - Yes
  • Mercer - Yes
  • Padula - Yes
  • Pellegri - No
  • Kelly - yes


The video replay for the meeting is available on the Town of Franklin webpage
http://view.earthchannel.com/PlayerController.aspx?PGD=franknma&eID=427

The Town Council "Actions Taken" document can be found here
http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/news/town_council_actions_taken_january_18_2017_0.pdf

 Additional details can be found in the reporting I recorded live during the meeting:
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