Finance Committee Meeting August 11, 2025 - Franklin TV Video available

The Franklin TV video recording for the August 11 Finance Committee meeting is now available ->  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVIWsqxNQsQ

The recap, audio and transcript are also available here ->

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/08/finance-committee-aug-11-2025.html

Franklin TV schedule for Wednesday, August 20, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = WEDNESDAY

7:30 am Mental Health: Amy Frigulietti

8:30 am FSPA Spring 2025 Show 4

10:00 am Second Sunday Speaker Series: Rob Lawson

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Fish

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Taquitos

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Party Chicken

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Deep Dish

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 3

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 11

3:30 pm 4th of July 2025: Jamie Barrett

5:30 pm More Perfect Union: Teachers Unions

8:30 pm Celebrate with Pride 2025: Queens of the South Coast

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = WEDNESDAY

7:00 am Lifelong Music: Strings School 01-22-25

8:30 am Public School Event: FHS Summer Music 2021

10:00 am SAFE Coalition: Youth Sports

11:00 am Public School Concert: FHS Spring Jazz '22

12:30 pm Franklin Fury Softball v Dedham 07-23-25

3:30 pm FHS Track and Field: v North Attleboro 05-09-23

6:00 pm FHS Varsity Softball v Taunton 04-09-25

8:30 pm FHS Varsity Baseball v Oliver Ames 03-31-25

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = WEDNESDAY

8:00 am Town Council 08-13-25

2:00 pm Town Council 08-13-25

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

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Franklin TV schedule for Tuesday, August 19, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = TUESDAY

7:30 am Joe Landry: Hurricane of 1938

9:00 am Mental Health: Amy Frigulietti

10:00 am Frank Presents: Cliff Winters

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Taquitos

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Party Chicken

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Deep Dish

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 3

3:00 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 11

3:30 pm Riffin' on Main Street: Katherine Kennedy

4:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

6:00 pm Horace Mann PSA

6:30 pm United Methodist Church: Lola Richardson

7:30 pm Battleship Cove: Inside the History Pt. 2

8:00 pm 4th of July 2025: Jamie Barrett

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = TUESDAY

7:00 am Lifelong Music: Strings School 01-22-25

8:30 am Public School Event: FHS Summer Music 2021

10:00 am Mental Health: Amy Frigulietti

12:30 pm Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

2:00 pm FHS Boys Varsity Lacrosse v Oliver Ames 04-02-25

4:30 pm FHS Track and Field: v North Attleboro 05-09-23

8:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

9:00 pm FHS Theater Company: Legally Blonde

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = TUESDAY

8:00 am School Committee 08-12-25

12:00 pm Finance Committee 08-11-25

2:00 pm School Committee 08-12-25

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

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Franklin TV schedule for Monday, Aug 18, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = MONDAY

7:00 am Riffin' on Main Street: Katherine Kennedy

8:00 am SAFE Coalition: Youth Sports

9:00 am 4th of July 2025: Jamie Barrett

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Fish

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Taquitos

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Party Chicken

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Deep Dish

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 3

3:02 pm Candlepin New Generation: Show 11

4:30 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

5:30 pm United Methodist Church: Lola Richardson

6:30 pm Horace Mann PSA

7:00 pm Frank Presents: Cliff Winters

8:30 pm Celebrate with Pride 2025: Queens of the South Coast

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = MONDAY

8:30 am SAFE Coalition: Youth Sports

9:30 am Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

10:30 am Public School Event: Remington Spring Music '22

12:00 pm Public School Concert: FHS Spring Jazz '22

1:30 pm Lifelong Music: Strings School 01-22-25

3:00 pm FHS Varsity Baseball v Oliver Ames 03-31-25

6:00 pm Franklin Fury Softball v Dedham 07-23-25

9:00 pm FHS Theater Company: Legally Blonde

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = MONDAY

8:00 am Planning Board 07-28-25

12:00 pm Finance Committee 08-11-25

2:00 pm Planning Board 07-28-25

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

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Franklin TV: Our Open Board Meeting - Saturday, Aug 23 at 3 PM - The Invitation Bears Repeating

It’s Happening. August 23rd at Our Studio

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 07/27/2025

Our Annual Open Board Meeting will take place as our neighborhood block party. Come to our 23 Hutchinson St. studios.

It’s open to all Franklin businesses and residents. We’ll meet-and-greet and enjoy the day starting at 3:00 PM. Come hungry and enjoy steak tips, pulled pork, dogs, burgers and all the fixin’s – along with tunes, games and fun.

You can also tour our studios and learn about Franklin●TV and wfpr●fm. We’ll also briefly review the past year’s progress and plans for the future. At our meeting you may cast your vote for new and/or renewing board positions.

Excerpt from FCCA bylaws: (Available on our website.)

Section 15. Election of Director by the Membership (a) Members shall be notified by the Clerk of the election of a director by the Membership at the Annual Meeting. Said notice shall be in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 4 of this Article IV. (b) Any eligible voting Member may be nominated for election to the position of Director by:

(i) Written notification to the Clerk no later than seven (7) days prior to Annual Meeting; or (ii) By nomination from the floor of the Annual Meeting made and seconded by no less than three (3) eligible voting members.

Thanks to our board members who contribute their time and energy to help make

Franklin●TV all that a public access TV studio can be. 

If you would like to become

involved either as a volunteer or to create your own TV or radio programs at

Franklin●TV and wfpr●fm, just send an email to: info@franklin.tv with your contact information. 

You can also call us to discuss and explore your ideas. 508-541-4118

Please join us at our Franklin●TV event. Come meet, greet, chow down, have fun, and learn all about local TV and radio in Franklin.

See you then.

And – as always –

Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm. 

And, thank you for watching.

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

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Franklin TV schedule for Friday, August 15, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY

7:00 am Second Sunday Speaker Series: Rob Lawson

8:30 am Frank Presents: Cliff Winters

10:00 am Riffin' on Main Street: Jacob Juncker

11:00 am Senior Connection: Mental Health

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Scones

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Party Chicken

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Deep Dish

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 3

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

4:00 pm 4th of July 2025: GQ and the Lady

6:30 pm Celebrate with Pride: Toby

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY

7:00 am Public School Concert: Elementary Music Pt. 2 06-04-18

8:30 am Mental Health: Shannon Nesbitt

9:30 am FHS Spring Jazz 2025

11:00 am FHS Varsity Swimming v Milford 01-03-25

1:30 pm Franklin Fury Softball v Attleboro 07-22-25

2:30 pm Cultural Council: BT ALC Big Band

4:00 pm FHS Varsity Baseball v Bridgewater Raynham 04-11-25

9:00 pm FHS Theater Company: Legally Blonde

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = FRIDAY

8:00 am  Zoning Board of Appeals 07-31-25

2:00 pm  Zoning Board of Appeals 07-31-25

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

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Town Council responds to budget adjustment by adding back 3rd ambulance, (video)

The Franklin, MA Town Council met at 6 PM on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 as scheduled. All 9 Councilors participated in Council Chambers. The public meeting ran just over 3 hours. The Council entered Executive Session to review another 5 topics. Once into Executive Session they did not return to open meeting.

Franklin TV video is available for replay -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E1pOkLizKc

Agenda doc can be found -> 

https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08132025-1852

My full set of notes in one PDF -> 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UPwTkHaZv3OVhfIpt5HqxFs-k7-sfa5S/view?usp=drive_link

Quick recap:

• In the first of 2 long updates, discussions, the Council ultimately approved the restoration of the 3rd ambulance by adjusting the expense budget by $114K, authorizing the hiring of 2 firefighter/paramedics, and including half of the anticipated ambulance revenue in the budget to balance for the $231,152 shortfall in State funding that came after the State finalized their budget in July
• In the 2nd, key decision, the Council voted 7-2 to NOT accept a private donation to provide funding for the health & wellness nurse at the Senior Center. There are 2 actions out of this: one for the Town Administrator to find another  way to fund and restore the position, and 2 - to draft a policy for the Town on donations and acceptable uses. As noted during the discussion, the School District has such a policy, the Town does not
• Per legal advice, the Town Council can not rescind the 40b approval vote for the 444 East Central development. Residents are encouraged to continue to participate in both the Zoning Board of Appeals and Conservation Commission meeting as the project moves through the process. There is no short cut to this long process.
• Franklin Ridge project is likely to put shovel in the ground before year end (a delay from what was announced earlier this year). In another year, the operator will begin outreach and info session for the resident application process. Federal income guidelines will be followed but 70% of the units to be prioritized for Franklin residents

Additional items will be added to the recap with the publication of the meeting audio and also covered in the Town Council Quarterbacking session when shared in a couple of days.

Franklin TV schedule for Thursday, August 14, 2025 (Your local Public, Education & Government "PEG" station)

• Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = THURSDAY

10:30 am SAFE Coalition: The Hamlins

11:30 am Cooking Thyme: Fish

12:00 pm Brook'n'Cookin: Scones

12:30 pm Cooking with Linda: Party Chicken

1:30 pm Pizzapalooza: Deep Dish

2:00 pm New England Candlepins: Summer 2018 Show 3

3:00 pm Riffin' on Main Street: Jacob Juncker

4:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

5:00 pm United Methodist Church: Lola Richardson

6:00 pm Horace Mann PSA

7:00 pm Frank Presents: Cliff Winters

9:00 pm Concerts on the Common: The Reminisants

• Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel        (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = THURSDAY

7:00 am All-Town Showcase 2024: Band

8:30 am Cultural Council: BT ALC Big Band

10:00 am FHS Varsity Swimming v Milford 01-03-25

2:00 pm Franklin Fury Softball v Attleboro 07-22-25

3:00 pm Winning Ways with the MIAA: Shaun Hart Pt 2

4:00 pm Franklin Fury Softball v Dedham 07-23-25

9:00 pm FHS Theater Company: Legally Blonde

• Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = THURSDAY

8:00 am Conservation Commission 08-07-25

2:00 pm Conservation Commission 08-07-25

Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

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