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Committee addresses vendor power hookups, sanitation, volunteers and tickets; adds volunteer to festival committee
Summary
Organizers reviewed vendor lineup and logistics: utility hookup delays could force generator use, porta-potty placement will shift closer to food vendors, volunteer staffing remains short for the July festival and tickets and beverage prices will increase; committee voted to add volunteer Lisa to the festival committee with mayoral support.
The Franklin Civic Celebration Committee discussed operational readiness for the July festival, including vendor electrical hookups, porta-potty placement, volunteer staffing, ticket prices and a motion to add a volunteer committee member.
Committee members reported the city and a contractor installed new electrical boxes but the utility company must connect the mainline; the utility company told staff it is backlogged and the hookup could take about two months, a delay that organizers warned would affect food vendors and could require vendors to bring generators. "We got the electrical outlets... Weenergies has to do the mainline power," a committee member said, and staff said they had…
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