Town Council Meeting has DPW presentation on the Agenda

Town Council Meeting

The Town Council will meet September 18, 2024, at 7:00 pm.
You may access the agenda and links for the meeting here:

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/tc_agenda_9.18.24.pdf

Recall that the prior DPW update to the Town Council (August 2023) showed the following projections for infrastructure costs: 

DPW update to the Town Council (August 2023)

Given the prices of goods reported recently, these estimates may be low. It will be more interesting to see how much of this is needed year by year? How much comes from Chap 90, from Capital, and how much via bonding? We likely don't have the resources to do it all at once anyway (but that is another aspect of this).

If not on Wednesday, I would hope this would be addressed by the Joint Budget Subcommittee as these numbers should play into the overall finance discussion the community needs to have. 

Recall that we are starting the FY 2026 budget with a $3M hole. What is the overall town and school wish list look like? The Joint Budget Subcommittee then should work from the wishes, to the needs, and then prioritize them accordingly  to come up with something reasonable, i.e. that tells a story of what we can and should do. It may take more than one override depending upon the size of the needs. An important community discussion.

DPW presentation of August 2023 ->  https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/pages/councl_update_aug_23.pdf