The town will receive more than $115,000 in sewer fees from Franklin for homes there that are tied into Medway's system.
In a 1995 agreement, homes on a handful of Franklin streets near the town line were allowed to connect to Medway's sewer system, but neither town followed through on collecting money for the service. There are now 213 homes connected on those streets.
Medway officials said yesterday they plan to use the money for their ongoing sewer upgrade at the town's main industrial park.
Top officials from both towns, who were not the ones who made the agreement, said they did not know it existed until Medway officials discovered it recently while researching the sewer upgrade for the industrial park.
"It was the responsibility of everybody and everybody failed to implement it," said Town Administrator Suzanne K. Kennedy.
Franklin will pay Medway about $99,000 from a rebate it was receiving from the Charles River Pollution Control District, the regional sewage treatment authority, on a design project. The pollution control district has reduced its annual assessment to Medway for fiscal 2008 by about $16,000 - and assigned it to Franklin - to cover the balance of the $115,000.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
In the News - Franklin pays Medway,
GHS
MEDWAY —
Podcasts in plain English
In our continuing series exploring the technology of Web 2.0 and social media, the folks at Common Craft have a new presentation on podcasts.
What is a podcast?
Watch this and find out the basics. Enjoy!
By the way, I will be at PodCamp New York on Saturday. What I learn there, at SOBCon08 and PodCamp Boston 3, you will eventually see the results of.
What is a podcast?
Watch this and find out the basics. Enjoy!
By the way, I will be at PodCamp New York on Saturday. What I learn there, at SOBCon08 and PodCamp Boston 3, you will eventually see the results of.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Over 50? - Take this survey, please!
Ronni Bennett and others in the elder blog world have put together a survey.
The goal is to find out what elderbloggers are like, how we may be similar and how we are different, how we relate to technology, how we came to be bloggers or blog readers, how we feel about it and what our demographics are.
There are 57 questions, many of which are required so that there is the largest possible population from which to draw conclusions. They are straightforward questions, mostly multiple-choice, and it shouldn’t take longer than about 15 minutes to complete.
If you are over 50, please consider taking the survey.
Franklin has an important elder community, we should be fully represented in this survey.
I just took the survey myself, it is quick and easy to do.
By the way, there is no registration, no identification to provide as part of the survey and it knows that once you complete it won't let you come back for a second round.
Updated 4/23/08 5:00 PM - If you tried the survey link and it failed, you can try again now. From this time forward it should be working properly.
Franklin (MA) School Department budget reductions through the years 2003 - 2009
School vacation week, subcommittees scheduled to meet in preparation for the Town Council meeting April 30th to determine what the amount of the override should be, time to bring back this post for new visitors in case you missed it earlier this month.
Note: there is a School Committee meeting scheduled for April 29th to determine their final budget plan and to discuss the proposed maintenance consolidation.
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Times are tough. Budget reductions again for the school department. Level service is hard to maintain. The "good to great" budget as shocking as it was last year in light of this analysis should really be seen as a restoration of cuts that have occurred since 2003 and not a "wishful dream/pie in the sky" reach. Of course, the reality is such that it still may very well be wishful thinking.
Note: version 2 was replaced by this more updated version 3 (minor updates)
One other item of note caught my attention as this came together. The recent Forensic Audit Report highlighted problems with accounting transactions that "all of a sudden" appeared in 2006 with an employee who had been in good standing for several years. Did you know/recall that the Assistant Director of Finances was one of the positions cut from the FY 06 budget?
I have been very careful in this presentation, if there are inaccuracies, let me know what is incorrect and I'll make the update.
Note: there is a School Committee meeting scheduled for April 29th to determine their final budget plan and to discuss the proposed maintenance consolidation.
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Times are tough. Budget reductions again for the school department. Level service is hard to maintain. The "good to great" budget as shocking as it was last year in light of this analysis should really be seen as a restoration of cuts that have occurred since 2003 and not a "wishful dream/pie in the sky" reach. Of course, the reality is such that it still may very well be wishful thinking.
Note: version 2 was replaced by this more updated version 3 (minor updates)
One other item of note caught my attention as this came together. The recent Forensic Audit Report highlighted problems with accounting transactions that "all of a sudden" appeared in 2006 with an employee who had been in good standing for several years. Did you know/recall that the Assistant Director of Finances was one of the positions cut from the FY 06 budget?
I have been very careful in this presentation, if there are inaccuracies, let me know what is incorrect and I'll make the update.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Where in Franklin? #45
Where in Franklin would you find this building?
The guidelines for playing "Where in Franklin?" can be found here.
Where in Franklin? Answer #44
The well pictured in #44 can be found on Jordan Road.
One of my favorite running routes, Jordan Road rolls up and down a bit and appropriately placed about 200 yards from the top of the last roll (heading from Chestnut towards RT 140) is the well. A subtle reminder to dig deeper if you need to, there should always be something in the well.
Thanks for playing. Stay tuned for the next picture for "Where in Franklin?"
In the News - overide deju vu
Milford Daily News
FRANKLIN —
Echoing the sentiments of many older residents in town, Franklin High School sophomore Antonia Scannapieco wondered aloud why last year's override wasn't enough to cover the town's needs.
Eating ice cream with her sister, Catherine Scannapieco, and friend, Melissa Saunders, outside the Brigham's Ice Cream on Rte. 140, she said, ``I don't know where all the money went from the past override.
``They shouldn't need the money. They should have asked for more last time,'' Scannapieco said, referring to the $2.7 million tax increase voters overwhelmingly passed last year to prevent massive cuts in schools.
At the time, override advocates and leaders like Town Councilor Stephen Whalen, Town Administrator Jeffrey D. Nutting, and the Finance Committee cautioned $2.7 was insufficient, and the schools still had to make reductions.
Last year, ``Nostradamus Nutting,'' as one town official referred to the administrator at a recent meeting, accurately forecast the town would have an approximate $3 million shortfall this year.
Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.
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