Thursday, June 11, 2009

Live report- closing

No New or Old Business

Councilor Comments

Bartlett - congratulations on the All-Night Party, thanks for the organizing committee for such an excellent job.

Doak - there is not a lot of debate on the budget as there is not a lot of options.

Live reporting - FY 10 Budget

F. HEARINGS – FY 2010 Budget – Public Hearing

One hold on Police Salaries by Vallee
Questioning the overall salaries and the potential decline due to the Quinn Bill issue and details

Chief Williams - We always have a concern with the Officer's salary, without Quinn they could loose 3-7,000 a year. It does concern me. I hope the state government does resolve this.

I am proud of our education record here in the department. We have a number with degrees and those all pay benefits for us. A better educated officer is better for Franklin.

Motion to close the hearing, passed 6-0


J. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION

Resolution 09-43: Adoption of FY 2010 Budget

Motion to accept - passed 6-0

Live reporting - Town Council - 6/11/09

Attending: Mason, Vallee, Bartlett, Feeley, Pfeffer, Doak,
Missing: Whalen, McGann, Zollo,


A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - none

B. ANNOUNCEMENTS - 16th Annual Relay for Life Friday June 12, 6:00 PM

C. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS - none

D. CITIZEN COMMENTS - none

E. APPOINTMENTS - none

Franklin: nice new landscaping

Developer John Marini has put in some nice new landscaping on the lot where the Zeotrope cinema used to be. Much better than the fence and pile of junk that used to be there.


Town Council Mtg Smry 06/10/09

This is the collection of live reporting for the Town Council meeting including the first of two budget hearings:


"less than 1 percent "

Milford Daily News
Posted Jun 11, 2009 @ 12:20 AM

FRANKLIN —

Town councilors listened to an hour of dismal budget information from the town comptroller and administrator last night in its first public hearing on the fiscal 2010 budget.

Town Council will hold its second public hearing on the budget tonight, and is slated to vote on an $88.1 million budget, as recommended by Town Administrator Jeffrey D. Nutting and the Finance Committee.

An additional $11.4 million is slated for the solid waste, sewer, and water budget, but that isn't included in the town budget as those expenses are covered by self-supporting enterprise funds paid for by user fees, not taxes.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here

Read the live reporting from the meeting last night here