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Votes at a glance: Franklin board approves budgets, sewer fee changes; hotel‑occupancy tax deferred
Summary
The Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved FY 2025–26 budget ordinances, amended the municipal tax rate, adopted sanitary sewer user fee updates and approved multiple contracts; consideration of a hotel-occupancy tax increase was deferred for legal review.
At its June meeting the Board of Mayor and Aldermen took a cluster of routine and substantive votes.
Key outcomes
- Budget ordinances: The board approved ordinance 2025-12 to amend the FY 2024–25 budget and ordinance 2025-13 adopting the FY 2025–26 budget. Both measures passed unanimously.
- Municipal property tax rate: The board ultimately adopted ordinance 2025-14 as amended to set the tax rate at 0.296 (29.6 cents). (See separate story for full debate and roll-call votes.)
- Sewer user fees: Ordinance 2025-09 to update sanitary sewer…
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