Note - Kelly arrives
3. Bylaw Amendment 10-641: Chapter 82; Appendix A: List of Service Fee Rates, Solid Waste and Recycling Fees - 1st Reading
Chris White, Cathy Merza
Picture of what the new trash/recycle containers would look like can be found here
These were the units brought to the Town Council meeting as as example.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Live reporting - Legislation for action
J. LEGISLATION FOR ACTION
1. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 10-639: Amendment to Chapter 185-5 Zoning Map: Biotechnology Uses- Referral to Planning Board motion to refer, passed 7-0
2. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 10-640: Amendment to Chapter 185-42: Biotechnology Uses- Referral to Planning Board motion to refer, passed 7-0
3 minute recess
1. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 10-639: Amendment to Chapter 185-5 Zoning Map: Biotechnology Uses- Referral to Planning Board motion to refer, passed 7-0
2. Zoning Bylaw Amendment 10-640: Amendment to Chapter 185-42: Biotechnology Uses- Referral to Planning Board motion to refer, passed 7-0
3 minute recess
Live reporting - Downtown Project update
Eugene Bolinger, vice president, Weston & Sampson
The presentation document can be found here
Update on Downtown Project - Weston and Sampson
Conversations began in 2002 (or perhaps earlier)
public workshops involved during 2002-2007
grant applications prepared during 2004, 2005
High Priority Project - $5 million
PWED grant - $1 million
public participation process, workshops, presentation, Q&A, input
to work with all entities within the community
Downtown Partnership meeting Thursday morning
The PWED project will be more under the Town control, they will be issuing the contracts vs. the fuller project will have more MA government agency involvement and a longer review period
.
Applied for the 10 million grant, received 5 million, actually getting one million per year and it is all in our account now.
The PWED grant was applied for multiple times and ultimately awarded recently.
All the work, except for the water main is covered by Federal and State grants. The water main was part of our cycle and timed to occur now.
If the utilities were to move underground, that would be funded separately.
The presentation document can be found here
Update on Downtown Project - Weston and Sampson
Conversations began in 2002 (or perhaps earlier)
public workshops involved during 2002-2007
grant applications prepared during 2004, 2005
High Priority Project - $5 million
PWED grant - $1 million
public participation process, workshops, presentation, Q&A, input
to work with all entities within the community
Downtown Partnership meeting Thursday morning
The PWED project will be more under the Town control, they will be issuing the contracts vs. the fuller project will have more MA government agency involvement and a longer review period
.
Applied for the 10 million grant, received 5 million, actually getting one million per year and it is all in our account now.
The PWED grant was applied for multiple times and ultimately awarded recently.
All the work, except for the water main is covered by Federal and State grants. The water main was part of our cycle and timed to occur now.
If the utilities were to move underground, that would be funded separately.
Live reporting - Charter Revision Updates
Steve Whalen, Shannon Zollo
categorize at a high level some substantive changes
redline copy of charter provided to Council for review
Charter is the Town's governing document
4-5 major recommendations
Citizens committee had made recommendations, those were considered in this review
1 - appointed Treasurer (elected today)
allow the Administrator to appoint, for efficiency and skills
2 - appoint Constable, Board of Health, Board of Assessor positions (elected today)
there are likely highly qualified individuals who could serve but do not want to run an election campaign in order to serve in these roles.
Q - Mason - Would you include the Town Clerk in the appointed slots or maintain it as an elected position?
A - Zollo - We will make no recommendation on this position, there was discussion but no consensus so with no recommendation for change, it would remain an elected position.
A - Whalen - I approached this by not considering the current people in any position, I would make this an appointed position
3 - We chose not to recommend staggered terms, if the Town is willing to go through the hassle of setting it up, there are benefits to go forward that way. Both Zollo and Whalen feel the same on this item. There is no compelling reason for recommending this.
Clarification - Mason - purpose of this evening is to hear the report recommendation. There will be a public workshop and public hearing on these so all will have a chance to get their say on these matters.
4 - Administrative changes - clean up for more efficiency
allow new Council to have a week between the election and their first meeting
Council should have an ability to re-organize with a term if it had the 2/3 votes to do so
Administrator is currently not allowed to chair subcommittees, should be allowed to do so if appropriate
add recommendation of a temporary Town Administrator to cover for an unexpected absence or to find an appropriate replacement
5 - language to be removed from Charter covering the removal of employees. these items are already superseded by existing bargaining agreements or employee policies
Q - Pfeffer - Were any considerations from the prior report not addressed in this set of recommendations?
Q - Pfeffer - What of the recommendation to change the number of meetings per month?
A - This is a recommendation to meet a minimum of once vs. the requirement today of being required to meet twice.
Nutting - If you'd like to get this on the November ballot, we'd need to move this along.
Mason - let's set the workshop for February, the public hearing in March
Nutting - the home rule charter changes would be submitted to the legislature, they would act upon it and either send it back for revision or approval. The piece that is not included in this document yet is a transition plan, for example, moving to an appointed Treasurer when would the appointment take effect and the election process stop. Hoe rule petitions are pretty routine.
categorize at a high level some substantive changes
redline copy of charter provided to Council for review
Charter is the Town's governing document
4-5 major recommendations
Citizens committee had made recommendations, those were considered in this review
1 - appointed Treasurer (elected today)
allow the Administrator to appoint, for efficiency and skills
2 - appoint Constable, Board of Health, Board of Assessor positions (elected today)
there are likely highly qualified individuals who could serve but do not want to run an election campaign in order to serve in these roles.
Q - Mason - Would you include the Town Clerk in the appointed slots or maintain it as an elected position?
A - Zollo - We will make no recommendation on this position, there was discussion but no consensus so with no recommendation for change, it would remain an elected position.
A - Whalen - I approached this by not considering the current people in any position, I would make this an appointed position
3 - We chose not to recommend staggered terms, if the Town is willing to go through the hassle of setting it up, there are benefits to go forward that way. Both Zollo and Whalen feel the same on this item. There is no compelling reason for recommending this.
Clarification - Mason - purpose of this evening is to hear the report recommendation. There will be a public workshop and public hearing on these so all will have a chance to get their say on these matters.
4 - Administrative changes - clean up for more efficiency
allow new Council to have a week between the election and their first meeting
Council should have an ability to re-organize with a term if it had the 2/3 votes to do so
Administrator is currently not allowed to chair subcommittees, should be allowed to do so if appropriate
add recommendation of a temporary Town Administrator to cover for an unexpected absence or to find an appropriate replacement
5 - language to be removed from Charter covering the removal of employees. these items are already superseded by existing bargaining agreements or employee policies
Q - Pfeffer - Were any considerations from the prior report not addressed in this set of recommendations?
Q - Pfeffer - What of the recommendation to change the number of meetings per month?
A - This is a recommendation to meet a minimum of once vs. the requirement today of being required to meet twice.
Nutting - If you'd like to get this on the November ballot, we'd need to move this along.
Mason - let's set the workshop for February, the public hearing in March
Nutting - the home rule charter changes would be submitted to the legislature, they would act upon it and either send it back for revision or approval. The piece that is not included in this document yet is a transition plan, for example, moving to an appointed Treasurer when would the appointment take effect and the election process stop. Hoe rule petitions are pretty routine.
Live reporting - Town Council - Jan 20, 2010
Attending: Jones, Whalen, Mason, Pfeffer, McGann, Zollo, Powderly
Missing: Kelly, Vallee
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - DECEMBER 16, 2009
motion to aprove, passed 7-0
B. ANNOUNCEMENTS - none
C. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS
Citizenship Awards for Boy Scouts
(List to be added later)
D. CITIZEN COMMENTS - none
E. APPOINTMENTS
G. LICENSE TRANSACTIONS - none
Missing: Kelly, Vallee
A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - DECEMBER 16, 2009
motion to aprove, passed 7-0
B. ANNOUNCEMENTS - none
C. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS
Citizenship Awards for Boy Scouts
(List to be added later)
D. CITIZEN COMMENTS - none
E. APPOINTMENTS
- Public Land Use Committee (Jeff Livingstone) motion to approve appointment, passed 7-0
- Finance Committee (Christopher Quinn) motion to approve appointment, passed 7-0
G. LICENSE TRANSACTIONS - none
Election Notes
in Franklin, 13,418 of 19,700 registered voters voted, or 68 percenthttp://www.wickedlocal.com/franklin/news/x485625319/Area-voters-went-for-Brown
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x745466847/Local-polls-see-high-volume-today"It has not stopped all day,” said Franklin Town Clerk Deborah Pellegri, who is overseeing all precincts voting at the high school’s gym. Totals so far are “more than our town election and the primary.”
The town reached 5,696 votes as of 1 p.m. Franklin totaled 3,950 votes in the December Primary Election.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/franklin/news/x745467697/Behind-the-scenes-with-Brown
Franklin
Scott Brown (R) - 8,828http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x201791284/Town-by-town-U-S-Senate-election-results
Martha Coakley (D) - 4,470
Joseph Kennedy (I) - 110
Franklin, MA: Kindergarten registration
Hold the dates to register for kindergarten:
All the details on the forms required and how to obtain them to have them filled out before arriving at registration can be found in the flyer here:
Franklin, MA - Kindergarten Registration
Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the document.
Franklin, MA
February 1st, 3rd, and 7th
4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Horace Mann Middle School – Cafeteria
224 Oak Street, Franklin, MA
All the details on the forms required and how to obtain them to have them filled out before arriving at registration can be found in the flyer here:
Franklin, MA - Kindergarten Registration
Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the document.
Franklin, MA
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