FM #1727 - Finance Cmte Budget Hearing #3 - 04/08/26
This session of the radio show shares the Finance Committee Budget Hearing on Public Works & Public Safety, the 3rd of 4 sessions to go over the FY 2027 budget. The meeting was held in Council Chambers with 8 of 9 members present.
Quick recap:
- Gus Brown, Building Commissioner, up first
- Brutus, DPW up next,
- Next up Police Chief Lynch, level service plus 2, looking to get the SROs back
- Next up, Chief Allen, Fire Dept.
- Dispatch Center or the MECC being covered
- Also skipped Tri-County and Norfolk Aggie last night with no explanation given for it. Tri-County and Norfolk Aggie, both assessments based upon enrollment, not much of a change year to year
- So Thursday night, the Finance Committee will use the 3rd Floor Training room for their discussion to be more “around a table” rather than spread out to help their discussion. Potential revisions coming to the budget, what they are we'll watch and see.
Let’s listen in
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The Franklin TV video is available for replay -
https://www.youtube.com/live/x8Hb_pCl64A?&t=164
Agenda doc including links to the FY 2027 budget
https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_04082026-2221
My full set of notes in one PDF - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D-RumOpcYkE7SZ_czpSZzW5TKdS9SE3B/view?usp=drive_link
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