A midsummer dream; only a few meetings on the calendar and the weather forecast calls for mostly good (not humid) conditions.
The Board of Assessors meets on Monday. They generally spend most of their total meeting time in executive session as they review the various abatements and exemptions requested.
The Town Council holds office hours at the Senior Center during breakfast beginning at 8:30 AM. Always a good time for discussion in an informal setting.
The Conservation Commission is scheduled to meet on Thursday with a full agenda including 444 East Central St. They also need to vote on their representative to the Community Preservation Committee.
*** Meeting schedule and agendas as of Town page 8/15/25, 8:00 PM
Board of Assessors
Monday, August 18 Time: 5:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08182025-1857
Town Council Office Hours
Thursday, August 21 Time: 8:30 AM
No agenda for this open discussion
Charles River Pollution Control Meeting
Thursday, August 21 Time: 3:00 PM
https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08212025-1859
Conservation Commission Meeting
Thursday, August 21 Time: 7:00 PM
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/473?fileID=5642
*** Looking back at the week that was ***
The Finance Committee met on Monday and voted to recommend Model B to the Town Council. We all should spend some time with this meeting for the 5 Year fiscal forecast. There is more discussion here. The Town Council took up the budget adjustment and also decided on Model B, but spent little or no time discussing the forecast. Franklin TV is working on producing the video of this FinCom meeting.
The audio and transcript is already ready for your review https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/08/finance-committee-aug-11-2025.html
video link -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVIWsqxNQsQ
The School Committee met on Tuesday to get an update on Summer Learning and the work preparing the schools for implementing redistricting this September. You can watch or listen to the meeting. You can also get the Chalkboard Chat condensed version of the meeting in conversation with Chair Dave Callaghan
Video link -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/08/school-committee-catches-up-on-summer.html
Chalkboard Chat -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/08/dave-condenses-school-committee-meeting.html
The Town Council met on Wednesday with a full and varied agenda. The key decision aside from the Model B mentioned above, was the vote to not accept the private donation to fund the health and wellness nurse for the Senior Center. The good from the decision was the action to find a way to restore the position and to develop a Town policy for such circumstances in the future. The School have a policy the Town does not.
You can watch the video of the 3 hour session -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/08/town-council-responds-to-budget.html
You can get the condensed version in conversation with Chair Tom Mercer https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/08/town-council-chair-tom-mercer-condenses.html
Other shareworthy news of note:
The Franklin Food Pantry received a new refrigerated truck via donation from BJs and donated their existing truck to the Natick Service Council. A real helpful collaborative effort of neighbors helping neighbors https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/08/one-truck-arrives-one-truck-leaves.html
For all the meetings and cultural events, check out the calendar at Franklin.news where each day, that day's events are posted on the top of the page, the TV and radio schedules are on the bottom, and all the other goodness falls in-between.
Town calendar -> https://www.franklinma.gov/Calendar.aspx
Community calendar -> https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar
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