Franklin (MA) Matters

This session shares the Joint Town Council & School Committee meeting of Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in 2 parts. All 9 Town Councilors and all 7 School Committee members participated.  Many town and school department managers were also present in the first couple of rows of the auditorium.Over 400 folks were in the FHS auditorium, another 2-300 were online via YouTube at one point or another (and that tallied 800+ unique individuals by the time the meeting ended).Part 1 Covers the first 90 minutes of the meetingTown Administrator Jamie Hellen presented the FY 2025 budgetSchool Superintendent Lucas Giguere accompanied by Business Administrator Dr Bob Dutch presented the school budget and issuesPart 2The remaining 1 hour and 40 minutes covered the public comment and question section. Speakers were allocated 1 minute, most kept to the point.--------------The Franklin TV broadcast of the 3 hour plus session is available for replay on YouTube ->   https://www.youtube.com/live/xMN27_nBPUU?s