Superintendent Karen MaGuire talks with Anne Bergen about the Tri-County School Building Special Election as well as an alternative to the traditional career path.
Franklin TV video link -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VODjxhpR_I
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| Superintendent Karen MaGuire talks with Anne Bergen about the Tri-County School Building Special Election (video) |
"Holes in walls. Leaky plumbing. Aging systems. Outdated educational facilities.
These are just a few of the issues supporters say plague the nearly 50-year-old Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, a facility tasked with training students in modern, high-tech vocational education.
Not only is the school district’s original building outdated for educational purposes, the facility and its systems are well beyond their life expectancy and need $165 million-plus in repairs, school officials say.
Voters in the 11 school district communities, including North Attleboro, Plainville, Wrentham, Norfolk, Seekonk and Franklin, will vote on a planned new $286 million school at a special election Oct. 24."
Shared from -> https://twitter.com/FranklinMatters/status/1713603503795368019
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Tri-County Superintendent-Director Karen Maguire says the nearly 50-year-old Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School building is in need of replacement. “The facility is failing,” Maguire said. MARK STOCKWELL/THE SUN CHRONICLE |
FM #1070 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1070 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Tri-County RVTHS new building information session held at the Franklin Public Library on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
Tri-County School Committee members Peter Wiernicki and Jen D’Angelo presented, assisted by a Facilities Representative.
The current school is 'broken', per the MSBA process the building did evaluate options to renovate, renovate & create an addition, or rebuild. The rebuild option was selected as the most viable
The cost today is shown as 284M, MSBA will reimburse 29%
Oct 24, 2023 is scheduled date for approval of the Tri-County school replacement project approval by the 11 community members of the Tri-County district
The October 24 vote will be conducted across the 11 communities at the same time, from 12 PM to 8 PM. The vote will be counted in aggregate and a 50% +1 is required for passage
The 11 individual communities can make their own decision on how to fund the expense of the new building. Franklin has chosen to do a debt exclusion to raise the money separately from the operating budget. That vote is schedule for the Nov 7, 2023 election ballot
Listen to the info session, approx. 47 minutes
Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1070-tri-county-rvths-new-blgd-info-session-10-03-23--------------
Handout on building project (PDF) (also provided at Harvest Festival)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VHHl330ZVQbc_zKv1JIquvtWPkTh1B3f/view?usp=drive_link
Franklin TV did a live broadcast of the meeting June 15, 2023 from Tri-County and it is available for replay via YouTube -> https://www.youtube.com/live/7SYEYsoyaAU
Learn more about the project here:
https://t.co/RZSVcuyv3t or -> https://www.tri-countybuilding.com/communityoutreach
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| Jen D’Angelo and Peter Wiernicki |
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| Tri-County New Building Info Session - Oct 3 at Franklin Public Library |
FM #1060 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1060 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares the Town Council meeting held in Council Chambers on Wednesday, September 6, 2023. 8 members of the Council were present in the Council Chambers; Frongillo participated remotely, hence all votes were via roll call.
Quick recap:
APPOINTMENTS
a. Design Review Commission - i. Andrew Pratt
b. Municipal Affordable Housing Trust - i. Jayaprabha Vijayaraghavan
Both appointments were approved via 9-0 votes
c. Fire Department - New Employee - i. Jack Lennon: Firefighter/Paramedic
d. Fire Department - Promotions
• Thomas Konieczny: Battalion Chief
• Paul Molla: Captain
• Laurie Kaye: EMS Captain
• Matthew Kelly: Lieutenant
• Michael Berthiaume: Lieutenant
• Jonathan Chalk: Lieutenant
The Fire Dept had a bunch of promotions and one new hire to swear in and recognize. The promotions are competitive and occurred over time as other members left or retired creating a domino effect, hence they were batched to be all done at once. Photo album of the ceremony can be found -> https://photos.app.goo.gl/j98XmZmpzjsg5vGZ6
Dean College Update - Ken Elmore, President of Dean College
President Elmore provided a brief update with highlights from the past year, work underway, and still working on better integration of the college within the community and the community within the college.
Tri-County Regional Vocational School Financing
The MSBA provided formal approval of the building project committing about $90M towards the $283M total cost, leaving approx. $200M to be funded by the 11 communities sending students. The 11 communities will vote as one entity n Oct 24 to approve the project. A 50+1 percent is required for approval. The funding for the Franklin portion of the project is likely to be $2.1M per year for 30 years, so it will likely be a separate vote for a debt exclusion, possibly as early as the November election. Stay tuned for additional info. The Tri-County School Committee will be sharing info on the project advocating for it's passage.
LEGISLATION FOR ACTION
a. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 23-898: A Zoning Bylaw to Amend the Franklin Town Code at Chapter 185, Attachment 9, Schedule of Lot, Area, Frontage, Yard and Height Requirements - Second Reading
b. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 23-899: Marijuana Use Overlay District, A Zoning Bylaw Amendment to the Code of the Town of Franklin at Chapter 185, Section 5, Zoning Map - Second Reading
Both the second readings of the above bylaws were approved with 9-0 votes
c. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 23-901: A Zoning Bylaw Amendment to the Code of the Town of Franklin at Chapter 185, Section 5, Zoning Map
This measure was referred to the Planning Board and will come back to the Council for further action at a future meeting
d. Resolution 23-49: Authorization for Intermunicipal Agreement with County of Plymouth for County of Plymouth to Provide Parking Ticket Computerization and Processing Services to Franklin
The intermunicipal agreement was approved by a 9-0 vote. An interesting way to combine services and save money in so doing.
e. Resolution 23-50: Acceptance of Private Road Covenant with Owner-Developer of Prospect Hills Estates with Access Road Off Prospect Street
The private road covenant was approved by a 9-0 vote. This means the Town of Franklin will not maintain the road.
f. Resolution 23-51: Gift Acceptance - Veterans’ Services Dept. ($1,525)
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT - Migrant Housing Update
The recording runs 2 hours and 30 minutes. Let’s listen to the Town Council meeting on Sep 6, 2023. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1060-franklin-ma-town-council-mtg-09-06-23
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Town Administrator Jamie Hellen provided an update. This audio segment of the meeting was shared separately. https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/09/town-administrators-report-on-migrant.html
The Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/live/lUOJJj5hec8?si=IUzMbo_9nNGYa59y&t=194
My full set of notes captured via Twitter during the meeting are collected in a single PDF for easier reading https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Go0RhESjzP4F3KWutGqZ-kxO3-Fdn0l/view?usp=drive_link
Town Council agenda doc ->
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif10036/f/agendas/town_council_agenda_-_9.6.23.pdf
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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| Ken Elmore, President of Dean College |
This shares my conversation with Town Council Chair Tom Mercer. This is one of a series of conversations meant to provide a recap of the prior Council meeting. Akin to one of the many sports post-game analysis broadcasts we are familiar with in New England, this would be a discussion focused on the Franklin Town Council meeting of Feb 1, 2023:
ok, what just happened?
What does it mean for Franklin residents and taxpayers?
We cover the following key topics
APPOINTMENTS
a. New Employee: Fire Department - Kristin Krauss, Firefighter
b. Promotion: Fire Department - William Blanchard, EMS Battalion Chief
LICENSE TRANSACTIONS
a. New Section 15 All Alcoholic Beverages Retail Package Store License and Approval of Scott Corvi as the Manager - MADD Deli, Inc. d/b/a Dacey’ s Market and Deli, Located at 353 Lincoln Street
b. Transfer of Section 15 Wine and Malt Beverages Package Store License and Approval of Vrushank Patel as the Manager - 660 Central, LLC d/b/a Mobil, Located at 660 West Central Street
PRESENTATIONS / DISCUSSION
a. Tri County School Building Project - Karen Maguire, Tri County Superintendent
LEGISLATION FOR ACTION
a. Bylaw Amendment 23-892: A Bylaw to Amend the Code of the Town of Franklin at Chapter 82, Fees, Municipal Service - First Reading
b. Resolution 23-14: Appropriating Funds by Borrowing to Pay Costs of Purchasing an Aerial Ladder Truck for Fire Dept.
c. Resolution 23-15: Gift Acceptance - Police Dept. ($315)
Links to the meeting agenda and associated documents released for this meeting are included in the show notes.
Our conversation runs about 30 minutes. Let’s listen to this session of Town Council Quarterbacking recorded Feb 6, 2023 Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-936-town-council-quarterbacking-02-06-23
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The full agenda can be found -> https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/agendas/feb_1_2023_town_council_agenda.pdf
The Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/live/-AQpq8GSvi4?feature=share
My recap, notes, and audio ->
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2023/02/town-council-approves-all-alcohol_5.html
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/ or www.franklin.news/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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| Tri-county Regional Voc Tec representatives (l-r) Peter Wiernicki, Karen McGuire, Dan Haynes |
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| Tri-County RVTHS proposing to replace their existing building |
