A video recording of this meeting is below.

The regular meeting of the Franklin Town Board was called to order By Supervisor Jeff Taggart at 7:30 P. M. Present were Jeff Taggart, Garret Sitts, David Grant, Donnie Smith, Dwight Bruno and PaulWarner. Also present were Dave Tuthill, Debbie Tuthill, Bill Vangorder, Roger Reed, Don Hebbard, Lisa Huyck, Tony Breuer, Brian Brock and Pete Nero.

Dave Tuthill gave the minutes from the Franklin/ Kellogg Trust meeting.

Bill Vangorder went over the insurance policy the next year. Garret Sitts made a motion to approve Mang Insurance Group for the next year. David Grant seconded the motion and all agreed. Continue reading…

A video recording of this meeting is below.
The regular monthly meeting of the Franklin Town Board was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Supervisor Jeff Taggart. Present were Jeff Taggart , Garret Sitts, David Grant, Donnie Smith, Dwight Bruno, Mark Laing and Paul Warner. Also present were Steve Ross, Bob Eggler, Roger Reed, Pete Nero, Lisa Schmitt, Paul Schmitt, Sandra Crane, John Crane, Darryl Lapp, Alan Lapp, Jenn Meo, Melissa Johns, Brian Brock, Dave Tuthill, Deb Tuthill, Tony Breuer and Don Hebbard.

The minutes were read for the April 3, 2018 meeting. Garret made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Dwight seconded the motion and all agreed. The minutes were read from the April 10, 2018 meeting. David made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Dwight seconded the motion and all agreed.

The position on the Board of Assessment Review was voted on with Bob Eggler receiving votes from David, Donnie and Dwight. Jeff has offered the position on the Planning Board to the other candidate Barb Thompson. Continue reading…

The special meeting to interview candidates for the Board of Assessment Review was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Supervisor Jeff Taggart. Present were Jeff Taggart, David Grant, Donnie Smith and Dwight Bruno. Garret Sitts was absent. Also present were Brian Brock, Bob Eggler and Barb Thompson.

There are two candidates for the Board of Assessment Review position.

David made a motion to go into executive session at 7:40 P.M. for interviews. Donnie seconded the motion and all present agreed.

Donnie made a motion to come out of executive session at 7:45 P.M. Dwight seconded the motion and all present agreed.

Jeff Taggart and Dwight Bruno audited the Court records on April 2, 2018. Everything was found to be in order. David made a resolution that the Court records have been audited and found to be in order. Donnie seconded the motion and all present agreed.

The Town will get other bids for the lighting job at the Town Shed.

Dwight made a motion to go into executive session at 8:05 P.M. for interviews. David seconded the motion and all present agreed.

David made a motion to come out of executive session at 8:15 P.M. Donnie seconded the motion and all present agreed.

David made a motion to go into executive session regarding legal matters at 8:30 P.M. Donnie seconded the motion.

Dwight made a motion to come out of executive session at 8:40 P.M. David seconded the motion and all present agreed.

With nothing further to come before the Board, Donnie made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:40 P.M. Dwight seconded the motion and all present agreed.

A video recording of this meeting is below.

The regular monthly meeting of the Franklin Town Board was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Supervisor Jeff Taggart. Present were Jeff Taggart, Garret Sitts, David Grant, Donnie Smith , Dwight Bruno, Mark Laing and Paul Warner. Also present were Jamie Archibald, Roger Reed, Pete Nero, Jim Carey, Laura Gregory, Lynn Yakubec, Sharon Knapp, Tyler Gregory, James Gregory, Don Hebbard, Brian Brock, Tony Breuer, Joseph Serrao, Nick Chase, Liz Serrao, Alexis Beerio.

The minutes were read from the March 6, 2018 meeting. David Grant made a motion to accept the minutes as read. Dwight Bruno seconded the motion and all agreed.

Tyler Gregory gave a presentation about The Ouelout Cemetery in North Franklin that he maintained last summer. He did an excellent job, making the grounds very nice and cleaned up headstones also. The Board thanked him for his service to the community.

Jim Carey has a large tree on his property that needs to come down. It is in the Town’s right of way. The Clerk will send the Carey’s a letter stating that the Town will take the tree down in 2018. Continue reading…