Franklin Public Schools: Two important Announcements

Job opening: Activity Monitors!

Job opening: Activity Monitors! Looking to fill a role at DT & for substitute monitors - you can pick your days! Must be positive, patient, composed & most of all, enjoy working with children! Visit the Town Hall Human Resources Office for an application or call 508-553-4840 pic.twitter.com/layk6XNkxJ

— Franklin Public Schools, MA (@FranklinPSNews) December 11, 2019

Save the Date: Jan 6, 2020

Please mark your calendars for this event. You can find a PSA about vaping as well as links to resources here: https://t.co/D9t3BgBIvR @FranklinHS @RMS_Remdawgs @HMMSLightning @sullythehusky @jfkladybugs @parmenterschool @DT_Bobcats @JeffersonLabs @KellerSchool @OakStElementary pic.twitter.com/JNvPhbEV7v

— Franklin Public Schools, MA (@FranklinPSNews) December 11, 2019

Save the Date: Jan 6, 2020

https://t.co/D9t3BgBIvR

Town of Franklin: Holiday Hours for Dec-Jan 2019

Holiday Hours for 2019

Please make note of the business hours during the upcoming holiday week

Town of Franklin: Holiday Hours for Dec-Jan 2019

Shared from the Town of Franklin page
https://www.franklinma.gov/home/news/holiday-hours-2019
 

Mary ‘Saville’ Bennett, Franklin’s senior-most senior, dies at 109

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"After more than 109 years of life, the holder of the town’s Boston Post cane - given to the senior most senior - has died.

Mary “Saville” Bennett, who was ceremonially presented with Franklin’s Boston Post cane in October 2013 by former Town Clerk Debbie Pellegri, would have turned 110 next May. She left the world on Nov. 26, in Milford, where she had been living at Milford Center, a nursing facility.

A funeral service for Bennett was held Dec. 6 at Franklin Federated Church, followed by interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Boston."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20191211/mary-saville-bennett-franklins-senior-most-senior-dies-at-109


Related post
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2019/12/mary-saville-bennett-franklins-oldest.html

Tips for holiday gift card shopping

Tips for holiday gift card shopping by Cristina Miranda, Division of Consumer and Business Education, FTC Gift cards are one quick way to get through your last-minute holiday shopping list. But before you give (and get) gift cards, here are a few things you need to know. Read more  https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2019/12/tips-holiday-gift-card-shopping?utm_source=govdelivery  This is a free service provided by the Federal Trade Commission.

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Office of Campaign and Political Finance presentation

Present: Chandler, Hamblen, Pellegri, Dellorco, Mercer, Kelly, Earls, Bissanti 
Absent: Jones

Many of the School Committee, Finance Committee and other departments heads present

Jason Tait, Director to make presentation. Copy of the deck to be shared later.

primary responsibility is disclosure and reporting

should also contact the Ethics Commission to make sure that you are covered

they don't look for the headlines, they are providing help to raise money properly, spend it properly and report it to the public

independent agency, appointment for 6 years
joint decision between Republican, Democrat, Sec of Commonwealth 

public employees can NOT solicit (phone calls, sell tickets)

examples of public employees in MA

social media is ground zero for public employees; need to be very careful about what is said and done about ballot or political campaigns

OCPF will write some regulations based upon recent changes to campaign finance law

public employees can not have fund raisers at their private homes

public employees may not be treasurers for political committees

spousal exception for fund raising at a home, the wife would need to leave the house if the husband would be holding the fund raising event

the Anderson case set the precedent for not using town resources in a campaign

no government email addresses as part of campaign emails or mailing snail mail

information can be provided and some level of advocacy but not a clear campaign advocacy for or against an issue

equal access needs to be provided for meetings or information at public property

no contribution limits for ballot questions, for candidates, yes....

public employees can take a position on a campaign but not advocate for it on official time

the "who, what, when, where, why" of a ballot question meeting or info session can be posted to an official town web page; confirm text with OCPF and Ethics first,  but not advocacy
 

FM #186 - Finance Committee - Capital Budget FY 2020- session 1 of 2

FM #186

This internet radio show or podcast is number 186 in the series for Franklin Matters.

This recording shares the Finance Committee meeting held on Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019.

This is the first of two sessions to review the Capital Plan for FY 2020. This session started with the Schools and covered all the departments except for the DPW and the enterprise Water and Sewer accounts. Those will be addressed in the second session scheduled for Tuesday, Dec 17 at the Senior Center beginning at 6:30 PM.

The documents for the meetings are available on the Town of Franklin page as well as Franklin Matters. The links are contained here so you can follow along.

The meeting runs about 90 minutes so without further ado here is the Finance Committee meeting of Dec 10.

FY 2020 Capital Budget document
https://www.franklinma.gov/town-budget/files/fy20-capital-budget

FinCom Agenda doc
https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/agendas/2019-12-10_finance_committee_agenda_fy20_capital_plan_1.pdf

Meeting Recording  https://www.hipcast.com/podcast/Hr1R4CkX





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sidewalks have been part of the plan but not this year

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