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Thursday, March 23, 2017
"This is helping to solidify future needs"
From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
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http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20170322/franklin-town-buys-washington-street-land
"The town council opted to purchase land along Washington Street.
The council voted unanimously on Wednesday evening to buy the 12-acre parcel, which abuts land currently owned by the town, for $212,500. Town Administrator Jeffrey Nutting said that as the landowner had been paying a reduced rate on the property as forest land, the town had a first right of refusal to purchase it.
According to Nutting, the land is near the Bellingham town line and the town already owns three nearby parcels.
"We thought it made sense for the town to acquire the land to make sure nothing shuts off access (to those parcels)," he said. "I think it's short money to preserve, for future generations, options for the land."
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http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20170322/franklin-town-buys-washington-street-land
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map of land being purchased by Franklin, the block of land in the lower left corner would connect to the other green (Town owned) land lots |
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Live reporting: Closing
K. Town Administrator's Report |
Town Administrator's Report
over snow/ice budget by about 90,000 to date
new compensation plan to Council in advance
application received for 40+ units for 40B appartments behind Ford
will need executive session
April 1 is around the corner, register your dog with the online application
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L. Future Agenda Items |
Future Agenda Items
something on the Ethic Commission to provide a presentation
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M. Council Comments |
Council Comments
Pellegri - May 7 - Horace Mann statue dedication
Vallee - reinforce comments on our leadership for financial audit
Jones - thanks to all who came out for the Police/Fire 5K fund raisers
belated birthday to our chairman
Dellorco - shout out to the FHS basketball team for getting to the finals, toguh loss to a good team
Bissanti - compliments to the FHS team
Pfeffer - need to talk about the Milford Newpaper
Country Gazette is a reiteration of the MDN, Clark Cutler McDermott closed months ago,
Franklin Senior Center was grand opening, no show
meth lab in Franklin, every news station from Boston was parked there but nothing in MDN
these are our news, they should be covered, bring him in, ask him why we are not covered
we need to get someone to explain
4th episode of Franklin Almanac is available
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N. Executive Session |
Executive Session - To discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining - all Municipal units
vote to go to executive session, passed via roll call 9-0
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