Joint Budget Subcommittee recommends to the Town Council a $3.862 M override for Tuesday, June 3 (video)

The 6th and final Joint Budget Listening Session shifted from listening to the audience to listening to each other at about 9:15 PM and began the discussion on the potential override. The ultimate recommendation was for the amount of $3,862,672 and for Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

The Franklin TV video for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3yEVAe0NHU

Agenda doc -> https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/Joint-Budget-Subcommittee-6/?#_03122025-1620

Quick recap

• Approx 100 folks in the audience this evening, a mix of town staff, school dept and tachers, and residents
• 10 members of the Joint Budget Subcmte present on the stage along with Town Administrator Jamie Hellen and School Superintendent Lucas Giguere
• A dozen folks asked questions, some more than 1; some got long answers, some got short answers
• the Subcommittee gets their say one at a time (beginning approx 9:15 PM), then after hearing the majority for the 3.8 number with some for a pyramid (also adding a higher #, 4.9 possibly)
• Motion for the $3863,672, seconded and then after discussion it passes by a 9-1 vote (1 voting no, O'Sullivan)
• Motion for Tuesday, June 3, 2025 as the date, second, passes 10-0
• motion to adjourn, passes 10-0

My notes taken during the session in one PDF ->

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Afr2hGWcMvzGJX1zd_VojMpjkl9WMTU-/view?usp=drive_link

Joint Budget Subcommittee recommends to the Town Council a $3.862 M override for Tuesday, June 3 (video)