Town Council selects Dellorco as Chair, Grella as Vice Chair, Cormier-Leger as Clerk (video)

The newly elected Franklin (MA) Town Council gathered Wednesday night for their first meeting. 8 members were present in Council Chambers, 1 (Cormier-Leger) participated remotely for the first 30 minutes. Town Administrator Jamie Hellen opened the meeting.

Town Clerk Nancy Danello officially & publicly swore in the new Council.

Town Clerk Nancy Danello swore in the new Council

TA Hellen opened nominations for the Chair. Cormier-Leer nominated Dellorco, second by Ojukwo. No other nominations were made. Vote on the nomination passed by 9-0

Dellorco took the gavel and opened nominations for Vice Chair. Griffith nominated Ojukwo. Callaway-Tripp nominated Grella. No other nominations. Vote by each person for one or the other tallied as follow with Grella getting 5, Ojukwo getting 4.

Ojukwo - Cormier-Leger, Ojukwo, Griffith, Morrongiello (4)

Grella - Grella, Malloy, LeBlanc, Callaway-Tripp, Dellorco (5)

Dellorco takes nominations for Clerk. and nominates Cormier-Leger. No other nominations. Vote on the motion, passes 9-0

Vote to appoint Griffith as Clerk in Cormier-Leger's absence (2 meetings), passes by 9-0 vote.

The remainder of the meeting cover the key items on the lengthy set of documents around Town Charter, Town Code, Conflict of Interest, Open Meeting law, etc.

The agenda doc rich with links ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_11122025-2001 ''

My notes in one PDF -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gZpUPlE873EPMJqfT42KhLsTzxZjSLIf/view?usp=drive_link

video link -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsYVvhWdqWs