Franklin (MA) Matters

This session shares the Franklin (MA) Town Council Meeting of Wednesday, March 5, 2025. All 9 of the members participated in Council Chambers.  The audio is in 2 sections:1 - the beginning and the ending (1 hour 40 mins)2 - the FY 2026 preliminary budget review & discussion (2 hours)Quick recap:Part 1 - non budgetPolice officer Steven Dejoie sworn in replacing Officer Lawrence who had retired a couple of months agoA string quartet of FHS students played a brief piece as part of a recognition of their music achievements which also resulted in a formal proclamation of their accomplishments. Many other students recognized were in the audience as wellDan Sherman provided the annual update on the town progress towards funding their OPEB liability. We are in good stead, better off than many other MA communities. We will do better once the Norfolk Retirement liability is paid off (2035ish) and that amount of funding can be shifted to the OPEB liability to advance the payoff scheduleApproval for easemen