Franklin Matters

Friday, April 23, 2021

How much state aid does Franklin get?

As part of the continuing series to prepare for the Finance Committee budget hearings (which begin next week) and the Town Council budget hearings (in May), check out the link to the details on the State aid (local aid) coming to Franklin year over year from FY 2012 to FY 2022.

The total of local aid is shown in the charts. A breakdown of the different components, the largest amount is Chap 70 (school aid), is shown in the Appendix. The graph shown below combines the total local aid from Appendix C4 and the Total Operating budget from Appendix C1.

Note: the state aid shown is for the operating budgets (municipal and school). Other grant aid is not part of the operating budget and not shown here.

Appendix C4 - Historic Data: Local Aid

https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/appendix_c_historic_data_fy22.xlsx_-_local_aid.pdf

Total State Aid as percent of Franklin, MA Total Budget

Prior posts

What are the fixed costs of the Town of Franklin budget?

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/04/what-are-fixed-costs-of-town-of.html

Town of Franklin - budget growth and split between municipal and schools - FY 2012 to FY 2022 https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/04/town-of-franklin-budget-growth-and.html

School budget, executive summary by School Superintendent Sara Ahern

https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/04/franklin-public-schools-fy-2022-annual.html

Executive summary by Town Administrator Jamie Hellen
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/04/franklin-public-schools-fy-2022-annual.html

Link to Town of Franklin budget proposal for FY 2022
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/04/fy-2022-town-of-franklin-budget-proposal.html

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Earth Day Project at the Franklin Community Gardens

Please join us to learn about the Franklin Community Gardens and the Franklin Food Pantry Veggie Garden Project. There will be an introduction of the gardens and information on how the Project, our volunteers and partners are working together helping create community and awareness of food insecurities. This Project has many opportunities throughout the growing season including garden maintenance of the garden beds, harvesting Tuesday and Friday mornings and bringing produce to the Pantry.

On Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 9 AM - 12 we will be building new garden beds for growing vegetables and flowers for the clients of the Franklin Food Pantry. There will be other tasks including cleaning and weeding existing beds and the surrounding area. No experience required, but carpentry skills are a plus! Please bring gloves and any of your favorite garden tools. There will be garden tools on sight, however we are looking for the use of battery operated drills and bits.

For additional information please contact: communitygardens@franklinfoodpantry.org

checking on the progress of a food pantry bed at the Community Garden last year

Please respond to the Franklin Public Library Customer Survey

Franklin Public Library Customer Survey

The Franklin Public Library is looking for your feedback about the services we have provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is your opportunity to let us know what you have enjoyed or not enjoyed, and what you would like to stay once life goes back to a "new normal". This survey will be accepting responses until the end of May. https://forms.gle/7zED4VUY3MnKniJUA

Please respond to the Franklin Public Library Customer Survey

April 2021 Veterans Council Meeting - Date Change - Apr 29

April 2021 Veterans Council Meeting

Date Change

Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 7:00 P.M.

The April Veterans Council Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 29 at 7:00 PM at the Franklin Senior Center.

Due to COVID-19, pre-registration is required.

Call or email the Veterans' Services Office to register.

Masks and social distancing will be required.

All members of the community are welcome!

email: dmartin@franklinma.gov

TEL: (508) 613-1315

Shared from the Town of Franklin page
https://www.franklinma.gov/veterans-services/news/april-2021-veterans-council-meeting-date-change

April 2021 Veterans Council Meeting - Date Change - Apr 29

Tri-County Electrical Students Go For Gold In Wiring Competitions at District SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to ensure that America has a skilled workforce. They provide educational programs, events and competitions that support career and technical education in the nation’s classrooms. “SkillsUSA is an investment in student success and its impact on student learning will be felt over the coming years,” said Tri-County electrical instructor, Robert Sprague.

1st Competition: Industrial Motor Control

The contestant is required to install electrical wiring and other devices used in an industrial setting as well as design and troubleshoot electrical diagrams using the proper testing instrument.

Gold - Jack Whittlesy, Sherborn
Silver - Ryan Nawn, Franklin
Bronze - Sean O’Reilly, Bellingham

2nd Competition: Residential Wiring

Contestants in residential wiring are tested on their ability to install wiring in a residence, working from drawings and specification sheets.

Gold - Alex Majewski, North Attleborough
Silver - Alan Zheng, North Attleborough

SkillsUSA State Competition

Students who earned gold and silver medals in the district competition now qualify for the state SkillsUSA competition, which will be held April 29th - May 1st. “This is the industry that I am in and I can tell you that there is a great demand in this field,” said Tri-County Advisory Committee Chairman, John Rainone. “Tri-County students will continue to ‘work hard because today counts,’ just as our school motto states,” commented Tri-County electrical instructor, Francis McKeown.

Back Row: Sean O'Reilly, Jack Whittlesy. Alex Majewski - Front Row: Ryan Nawn, Alan Zheng

FM #521 - Marilyn Sutcliffe - Franklin Food Pantry donor - 04/01/21 (audio)

FM #521 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 521 in the series.

This shares my wonderful conversation with Franklin resident Marilyn Sutcliffe. We learn of Marilyn’s Franklin story and discuss the reasons behind her financial contributions for the Franklin Food Pantry.

Our conversation runs about 18 minutes, so let’s listen in to my conversation with Marilyn.

Audio file = https://player.captivate.fm/episode/480cbcf5-e462-4efa-b8c8-188449507b02

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Franklin Food Pantry https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/

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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.

I hope you enjoy!

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Marilyn Sutcliffe - Franklin Food Pantry donor

What are the fixed costs of the Town of Franklin budget?

As part of the continuing series to prepare for the Finance Committee budget hearings (which begin next week) and the Town Council budget hearings (in May), check out the link to the details on the history of the fixed costs year over year from FY 2004 to FY 2022.