fiscal

October 31, 2018

Tentative Town Taxes

Brian Brock / New Franklin Register, NFR36 fiscal, Government /

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 […]

April 3, 2018

Franklin Fiscal Fact-Finding

Brian Brock / New Franklin Register, NFR34 fiscal, Government /

In 2010, the Franklin Town Board stopped their annual internal auditing of the town books and stopped releasing an accounting, both required under NY Town Law. In addition, they did […]

November 8, 2017

Franklin Fiscal Fallout

Brian Brock / New Franklin Register, NFR33 fiscal, Government /

By Brian Brock For many years now, the Town of Franklin has annually violated New York Town Law by the board not auditing the town books (Section 62) and by […]

July 15, 2017

Franklin Fiscal Follow-up

Franklin Local / New Franklin Register, NFR32 fiscal, Government /

By Brian Brock After having read in the spring issue of this newspaper about the 2014 audit of the Town of Franklin financial operations by the Office of the State […]

April 16, 2017

Franklin Fiscal Farce

Brian Brock / New Franklin Register, NFR31 fiscal, Government /

By Brian Brock Would you like to know how the town board spent your property taxes last year? You should be able to. Under New York Town Law, each town […]