This session of the radio show contains the audio recording of the Franklin, MA Town Council FY 2023 Budget Hearing #2 conducted on Thursday, May 26, 2022. All nine members of the committee were present.
The budget hearing closes after discussion around the Cultural Council budget by resolving to not make any adjustments now. The budget does get trued up in November before the tax rating hearing in December 2022.
The farmers market license for LaCantina was approved.
The legislation for action covered the procedural votes for the budget. The vote on the Town Clerk salary (also a discussion item from Wednesday) was tabled until the June 8 meeting. The other budget items passed by 9-0 votes.
The Council then voted to enter the first of 2 executive sessions, not to return to public meeting. The first session was going to be chaired by Mercer. The second by Vice-Chair Dellorco as it was concerning the Schmidt property and Mercer has been recusing himself from those discussions.
The total approved operating budget for FY 2023 is $142,391,586
- adds back the two DPW positions cut during the FY 2022 budget
- gives the Franklin schools the amount they asked for
The public portion of the meeting runs 1 hour.
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a. FY23 Town Council Annual Operating Budget Hearing
i. FY23 Voting Document https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/voting_document_fincom_level_fy23.pdf
ii. FY23 Town Administrator Budget Message (per Town Charter Section 6-4-1) https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/2022-04-20_fy_2023_budget_message_narrative_working_document_5.pdf
iii. Appendix A1 - Town Administrator Recommended Budget Voting Document & Budget Book (per Town Charter prevision 6-5-1 and 6-5-2) https://www.franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif6896/f/uploads/appendix_a_town_of_franklin_budget_book_fy23_2.pdf
iv. Appendix B1 - Franklin School Committee Recommended FY22 Budget Executive
Summary https://www.franklinps.net/sites/g/files/vyhlif4431/f/uploads/02._fy23_executive_summary-revised_4-25-22.pdf
My notes via Twitter -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iCJomQ2HUrsvux_H-uYPURTyPE57ltB2/view?usp=sharing
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