A video recording of this meeting is below. The public hearing was opened for the 2019 Franklin Town budget was opened at 7:29 P.M. by Supervisor Jeff Taggart. With little discussion the public meeting was closed. Garret Sitts made a motion to go into the regular board meeting, seconded by David Grant at 7:33 P.M. […]
By Jessica Farrell Thirteen years ago, a neighbor and I met with a local reporter to talk about the pervasive blight on Sidney Center’s Main Street. At that time, several dilapidated buildings in our tiny “downtown” had been spray-painted with racial slurs and swastikas. They remained that way for weeks. Years of absentee landlords had […]
Download a PDF copy of the New Franklin Register Issue #36 (11 MB) by clicking on the image. See the index of this issue, and links to all previous issues, on the index page. Issue #36, Vol. XII No. 3, Fall 2018
The tentative 2019 budget for the Town of Franklin spends $1.76 million. To partially finance this, the town board plans to raise $1.19 million in property taxes from landowners, an increase of $ 0.03 million (2.4%) over the 2018 budget. This levy is just under the state-imposed soft cap and similar to the increase in […]
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 7:31 P.M. Present were Jeff Taggart, Garret Sitts, David Grant, Donnie Smith, Dwight Bruno, Mark Laing and Paul Warner. Also present were Gary Arndt, Brian Brock, Tony Breuer, Daniel Coughlin, […]
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 7:35 P.M. Present were Jeff Taggart, Garret Sitts, David Grant, Dwight Bruno, Donnie Smith, Mark Laing and Paul Warner. Also present were Roger Reed, Brian Brock, Pete Nero, Tony Breuer, […]
Franklin NY Town Board special meeting 8-28-2018 to discuss plans for new offices (Court, Town Clerk & Assessor)
A video recording of this meeting is below. The regular meeting of the Franklin Town Board was to order by Supervisor Jeff Taggart at 7:35 P.M. Present were Jeff Taggart, Garret Sitts, David Grant, Dwight Bruno, Mark Laing and Paul Warner. Absent was Donnie Smith. Also present were Pete Bevilaqua, Roger Reed, Pete Nero, Tony […]
A video recording of this meeting is below. The regular monthly meeting of the Franklin Town Board was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by Jeff Taggart. Present were Jeff Taggart, David Grant, Donnie Smith, Dwight Bruno, Mark Laing and Paul Warner. Also present were Bree Reed, Roger Reed, Mike Wallace, Don Hebbard, Brian Brock […]
By Michael Sellitti The Sidney Center Improvement Group (SCIG) is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization formed over ten years ago with one basic idea – getting people together to clean up Sidney Center. We’ve come a long way since then. As volunteers working together, our mission is to improve the quality of life for those […]