Franklin, MA: Finance Committee - Agenda - June 3, 2014

Call to Order
Citizens Comments
Approval of Minutes

Presentations:

Library Addition – Felicia Oti, Library Director
VOTE: Bond Authorization

Roads – DPW Director Brutus Cantoreggi
VOTE: Proposition 2 ½ Override

Items for Action: FY 14 Budget adjustments

Street Light Account Transfer
Comptroller Expenses Transfer
Zoning Board of Appeals Transfer
Legal Expenses Transfer

Old Business
New Business
Adjournment



The agenda was posted to the Franklin website
http://www.town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_FinanceAgendas/Agenda%202014-06-03

Franklin Municipal Building

Electric Youth To Perform At Showcase Live - Bon Voyage Concert for European Tour

Electric Youth (EY), the international touring ensemble of singer-dancers trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA), will perform at Showcase Live at Patriot Place in Foxboro on Friday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. The event is a Bon Voyage Concert for Electric Youth, coming just days before the ensemble departs on June 19th for a three-week concert tour of Austria and Italy. The group’s 11th European tour will include a return Fourth of July engagement at Aviano Air Force Base to entertain U.S. Troops and families stationed abroad. 

Electric Youth is backed by an eight-piece band of Boston musicians who’ve performed, recorded and toured with such music legends as Tony Bennett, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, B.B. King, Diana Ross, The Temptations and Van Morrison. EY’s show offers high-energy family entertainment, delivering fully choreographed performances of classic rock, contemporary pop and Broadway hits for audiences of all ages. Audiences at Showcase Live will hear two full sets featuring the best of Aerosmith, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Frank Sinatra, Carrie Underwood and more. 

The 10 singer-dancers of Electric Youth 2014 are trained at the Franklin School for the Performing Arts

The 12-concert tour will feature shows in Vienna, Melk and Steiermark, Austria, including a performance at Ehrenhausen Castle, benefit concert at Vienna’s historic 19th century Odeon Theater and workshop with students at the Amadeus International School. Performances in Italy will include multiple shows in Lignano and Bibione along the Adriatic Coast, concerts in Todi and Montecatini within the Tuscany-Umbria region, and at Lake Como. 

Prior to departure, Electric Youth will wrap up the group’s 6th professional album. The ensemble and musicians have already laid tracks at Mansfield’s MockingBird Recording Studio. As with EY shows, the studio album will include unique renditions of timeless hits.
“Several of the band members also write arrangements for EY that allow the group to take classic songs and make them their own,” says Director Raye Lynn Mercer. 

Electric Youth has launched a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to help cover costs associated with the album’s mixing, mastering and distribution. Visit www.kickstarter.com and search the group’s project to learn more. 

Electric Youth 2014 debuted at Showcase Live on February 28. Selected by audition annually, EY members are chosen for superior musicianship, stage presence and triple threat accomplishments in voice, dance and acting. This season EY features 10 performers, including Madison Asgeirsson, 15, Kendra Dombroski, 15, Ali Funkhouser, 17, Graham Hancock, 17, Jocelyn Jones, 15, and Shaina McGillis, 15, from Franklin; Michael Fajardo, 15, from Hopkinton; Sam Evans, 14, from Medfield; Maddy Williams, 15, from Medway; and Jenna McDermott, 15, from Wrentham. 

EY’s show band features Kenny Hadley on drums, Arnie Krakowsky on tenor saxophone, Artie Montanaro on trombone, Walter Platt on trumpet, Bill Miele on bass, Ken Reid on baritone saxophone, Mark White on guitar and Mercer on piano. Under the direction of Mark Poniatowski, musical arrangers for Electric Youth are Rick Hammett, Jeff Perry, Walter Platt, Poniatowski, Mark White and Ben Whiting. Choreographers include Mercer, Cheryl Madeux, Nick Paone and Kellie Stamp. 

Tickets for the Showcase Live concert are $18 for Loge Sets and $28 for Premium Seating. To purchase tickets, visit www.electricyouth.com. Please call FSPA at 508-528-8668 for table reservations for larger parties. Doors open at 6 p.m. for best seat selection and dinner, featuring Showcase Live’s menu of distinctive cuisine and kid-friendly fare. Prospective FSPA students are encouraged to contact FSPA for information about complimentary tickets, available through the school’s All Access Pass program.

FHS Softball team advances, Boys Tennis season ends

From Hockomock Sports, the spring playoff results from Friday show that the softball team wins to advance and the Boys tennis team lost to end their season.


Softball
D1 South Playoffs
#18 Franklin, 2 @ #2 Silver Lake, 0 - Final -

In the sixth inning, lead off hitter Erin Hanley reached on an error and was pushed to second on a sacrifice bunt. With the shift on in the outfield, Maddie Connelly ripped a double into right center field to score Hanley. Sabrina LoMonaco singled up the middle to score Connelly. Lilly Criscione pitched a complete game shutout for the Panthers. 

Franklin advances to the D1 South Quarterfinals and will play at the winner of #7 King Philip/#10 Weymouth on Monday, 6/2 at a time to be announced.

Boys Tennis
D1 South Playoffs
#14 Franklin, 1 @ #3 Dartmouth, 4 - Final - Franklin's Rahul Herur was the lone winner, winning 6-3, 6-1 at second singles.

the new Franklin High School under construction

The full set of results from Friday's playoffs can be found here
http://www.hockomocksports.com/blog/hockomock-schedule-scoreboard-053014

MA DUA - Unemployment Assistance

The MA.gov blog has a good posting on unemployment assistance.

Making ends meet after losing a job can be a difficult experience. That’s why the Commonwealth provides unemployment aid to eligible residents who have been laid-off through no fault of their own and are actively looking for work. 

The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) offers many programs to help residents get back on their feet during a period of unemployment:

unemployment assistance

Click through to the MA.gov site to continue reading about the services offered.

http://blog.mass.gov/blog/employment/help-is-on-the-way-unemployment-assistance-resources/

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA Area: FRI 5/30/14 - THU 6/5/14

FRI 5/30   6:30pm-8:30pm   Painting and Pizza Night for Teens at Franklin Art Center

SAT 5/31   9am-1pm   Franklin DPW Annual Open House (Hayward St.), Touch a Truck, Hay Ride, Free Hot Dogs and Popcorn
SAT 5/31   9am-2pm   Electronic Recycling Day at Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter School
SAT 5/31   2pm-4pm   Franklin Cub Scouts Registration Drive, Franklin Town Common

SUN 6/1   10am   The Franklin 5K - YMCA event, 431 Washington St., Franklin, Touch a Truck, Kids Fun Run, Games, Music, Silent Auction and Raffles
SUN 6/1   10am   6th Annual Parmenter School 5K Run at Parmenter School in Franklin.

MON 6/2   Franklin - Mandatory Water Conservation Begins!

TUE 6/3   6pm-8pm   Franklin Downtown Partnership Fundraiser at Pour Richard’s

THU 6/5   7pm   Author Laura Spinella at Franklin Public Library, free event.

For more details on above events click HERE.

For all the Town of Franklin Public Meetings click HERE.

*If you have any suggestions or events for the calendar, please email Renata@BetterLivingRE.com

The Boys of Beaver - the video story of FHS boys lacrosse 2014

Via Pantherbook, I find that the Boys Lacrosse season had been captured via video. Now you can follow the team from the first practice...


Franklin Lacrosse 24/7: The Boys of Beaver (Ep.1)





Franklin Lacrosse 24/7: The Boys of Beaver (Ep.2)





Franklin Lacrosse 24/7: The Boys of Beaver (Ep. 3)

MassBudget Conference Preview: Comparing the FY 2015 House and Senate Budgets

MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. FY 2015 Conference Preview: Comparing the House and Senate Budgets  While there are differences in the FY 2015 House and Senate budget proposals, in many respects they are very similar. MassBudget's Conference Preview Budget Monitor details these differences. Both budgets make modest, well targeted, investments in important initiatives: Supporting substance abuse treatment and prevention;    Improving the capacity of the Department of Children and Families to protect vulnerable children and support families; Investing in higher education.   There are differences in emphasis: the Senate more comprehensively addresses substance abuse issues and the House provides greater funding for higher education. But much is the same: in a budget of about $39.5 billion, the proposals agree on $39.2 billion - more than 99%.   This overlap reflects broad agreement about what we want to achieve together through our government: high quality education for all of our young people; safe, vibrant communities; the transportation infrastructure our economy needs; the security of a safety net for when we fall on hard times; keeping of air and water clean; and doing those other things that we know need to get done that we can do more effectively together than alone. The House and Senate are also operating in the same context: a weak national economy and the ongoing effects of $3 billion in tax cuts from 15 years ago. Even with the modest funding increases proposed for FY 2015, higher education spending would be roughly 22 percent below where it was in FY 2001 (adjusted for inflation). Local aid would be 45 percent below 2001 levels. Public health would be down 19 percent. And early education and care would be down 24 percent. While the House and Senate budget proposals contain no significant tax reforms, ultimately, it would require additional revenue to make the investments that could support sustainable and broadly shared prosperity. To read MassBudget's Conference Preview Budget Monitor click HERE. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts. MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER 15 COURT SQUARE, SUITE 700 BOSTON, MA 02108

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