Franklin (MA) Matters

This session of the radio show shares the Finance Committee meeting held on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. 8 Finance Committee members participated; 6 in Chambers (Chair Conley, Riley, Corbosiero, Nagel, Batchelor, Grace ), 2 participated remotely (Keophannga & Hamilton) 1 absent (Sansoucy)Quick recap:Discussion on the scope and intent of the deep dive series. Feb 7 next meeting, Mar 6 joint budget subcmte, then really into budget season for FY 2025 with hearings in May, June for Council.This is the first capital budget without a holding of the 'free cash' for snow and ice removal. 4.5M is total free cash.Consideration for a 'land acquisition fund' possibly to be establishedTechnology at the high school is now 10 years old, can't replace them all at once, chipping away at it to stagger the replacements over time.Survey to address on quality of life issues, scientific generated survey randomly generated, whole variety of metrics. Often folks are happy but need to divide where there are so