Meeting Notes

  • The collection of meeting notes by calendar year (most recent to oldest) going back to 2008

Notes: 

"Making Sense of Climate" podcast collection


FY 2025 Budget Collection  

FY 2026 Budget & Override Collection



*** 2025 ***

Board of Health (BoH)

(usually meetings the 1st Weds of month)

Community Preservation Committee (CPC)

(usually meeting on Tuesday to avoid conflict with other meetings)

Economic Development Subcommittee (EDC)

(usually on a Wednesday before a Town Council meeting)

Finance Committee (FinCom)

(usually meeting on Wednesday to avoid conflict with other meetings)


Joint Budget Subcommittee/ Town Council - Capital Budget Cmte

generally quarterly, more frequent due to potential override for FY 2026



Police Station Building Committee
(not on a 'regular' schedule)


School Committee (SchCom) 
(usually meeting on 2nd/4th Tuesdays)


Chalkboard Chat (a condensed recap of the prior meeting with SchCmte Chair Dave Callaghan) ->



Town Council (TC)

(usually meeting on 1st/3rd Wednesdays)



Town Council Quarterbacking (a condensed recap of the prior meeting with Town Council Chair Tom Mercer)


*** 2024 ***

Board of Health (BoH)

(usually meetings the 1st Weds of month)

Community Preservation Committee (CPC)

(usually meeting on Tuesday to avoid conflict with other meetings)
posted schedule ->  

Economic Development Subcommittee (EDC)

(usually on a Wednesday before a Town Council meeting)

Finance Committee (FinCom)

(usually meeting on Wednesday to avoid conflict with other meetings)


Master Plan Update Committee

scheduled for twice monthly on Weds opposite Council meetings; 5 subcommittee meetings scheduled separately  YouTube playlist for meeting recordings - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKHuQ75dCeo&list=PLNyv0AkVasIQGXAlC7TcRaWHY652AltpT

(Note:  meetings are usually broadcast on the Pride TV channel and then move to the playlist. If you don't find a meeting in the playlist check the pride channel (educational) https://www.youtube.com/@franklinpridetv7819/streams)

School Committee (SchCom)

(usually meeting on 2nd/4th Tuesdays)


School Committee: Budget Subcommittee

School Committee: Comprehensive Facilities Planning Subcommittee

schedule seems to be first Monday of the month

Town Council (TC)

(usually meeting on 1st/3rd Wednesdays)


Town Council Quarterbacking

(usually recorded the day after a Town Council meeting)

Town Council - Capital Budget Cmte/ Joint Budget Subcommittee

Davis Thayer Reuse Advisory Subcmte

suspended until returns from Expression of Interests received (Look for a June meeting, expression of interest are due May 31)


Police Station Building Committee

awaiting Owner Project Manager RFP draft

*** 2023 ***

Franklin Biennial Election Collection for Nov 2023

Board of Health (BoH)

(usually meetings the 1st Weds of month)
 

Conservation Commission / Open Space & Recreation Plan

The Open Space & Recreation Plan (OSRP)  is being updated to incorporated with the Master Plan. The Conservation Commission is maintaining an archive of all their focus group meetings and information gathered for the OSRP   https://www.franklinma.gov/conservation/pages/2023-open-space-and-recreation-plan-update  

Community Preservation Committee (CPC)

(usually meeting on Tuesday to avoid conflict with other meetings)

Finance Committee (FinCom)

(usually meeting on Wednesday to avoid conflict with other meetings)

School Committee (SchCom)

(usually meeting on 2nd/4th Tuesdays)
School Committee: Budget Subcommittee


School Committee: Comprehensive School Facilities Planning Subcmte

  • with re-organization of new committee after the Nov 7 election, not likely to see a schedule of meetings until 2024

  • Nov 1 (missed)
  • Oct 4 (missed)
  • Sep 6 (missed)
  • being formed, likely to begin in Sept 2023

School Committee: Space Needs Subcommittee (SN)/Re-districting Advisory Committee (RA)

Town Council (TC)

(usually meeting on 1st/3rd Wednesdays)


Town Council Quarterbacking

(usually recorded the day after a Town Council meeting)

Town Council - Capital Budget Cmte/ Joint Budget Subcommittee

Economic Development Subcommittee (EDC)

(usually on a Wednesday before a Town Council meeting)

Master Plan Update Committee

Davis Thayer Reuse Advisory Subcmte


Police Station Building Committee

*** 2022 ***

Election collection for the State election Nov 8, 2022

*** Making Sense of Climate collection


Board of Health (BoH)

(usually meetings the 1st Weds of month)

Community Preservation Committee (CPC)

(usually meeting on Tuesday to avoid conflict with other meetings)

Council on Aging

Finance Committee (FinCom)


Franklin Housing Authority (FHA)

School Committee (SchCom)

(usually meeting on 2nd/4th Tuesdays)


School Committee: Space Needs Subcommittee/Re-districting Advisory Committee


Town Council (TC)

(usually meeting on 1st/3rd Wednesdays)


Town Council Quarterbacking

(usually recorded the day after a Town Council meeting)



Economic Development Subcommittee (EDC)

(usually on a Wednesday before a Town Council meeting)

Budget/Capital Subcommittees (BSC/CBSC)

Ad hoc Procedure Review & TA Review


  *** 2021 ***

Board of Health (BOH)

Community Preservation Committee

Finance Committee (FinCom)

** School Committee (SchComm) (usually 2nd/4th Tuesday of month; exceptions noted)

    Budget Subcommittee (BSC)

    Davis Thayer Facility Analysis SubCommittee  (DTFA)

    Community Relations SubCommittee  (CRSC)

** Town Council (TC) (usually 1st/3rd Wednesday of month, exceptions noted)

   Town Council Quarterbacking

A series of conversations with the Town Council Chair Tom Mercer to recap what happened at the prior Town Council meeting

Economic Development Subcommittee (EDC)

    Joint Budget Subcommittee (JBC) / Budget Subcommittee (BSC) / Capital Budget SubCommittee (CBSC)


 *** 2020 ***


The Election Collection for 2020 = https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/08/2020-election-collection.html

Board of Health (BOH)

 Economic Development Subcommittee (EDC)


Finance Committee (FinCom)

Regular meetings 

Budget Hearing #4 - 6/04/20


Budget hearing #3 - 6/02/20

Budget hearing #2 - 5/28/20

Budget hearing #1 - 5/27/20

    Joint Budget Subcommittee (JBC)     / Budget Subcommittee


    School Committee (SchComm) - budget subcommittee

    Stormwater Ad hoc Subcommittee

     Davis Thayer Facility Analysis SubCommittee
     
    School Committee (SchComm)

     Town Council (TC)

    ** 2019
    Franklin Election Collection - 2019
    https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/07/franklin-election-collection-2019.html

      School Committee Legislative Forum on Education Funding - Feb 5, 2019
      https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/02/notes-from-legislative-forum-feb-5-2019.html

      Office of Campaign and Political Finance - Dec 11 (audio)

      Economic Development Subcommittee (of the Town Council)

      Finance Committee (FinCom)

      School Committee  (SchCom)

      Town Council (TC)



      Meeting notes archive for 2018

      Meeting notes archive for 2017

      Meeting notes archive for 2016


      Meeting notes archive for 2014

      Meeting notes archive for 2013

      Meeting notes archive for 2012

      Meeting notes archive for 2011



      Meeting notes archive for 2008
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