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Franklin Park keeps home-rule update on agenda, plans March outreach and website clarifications
Summary
The February meeting left the home-rule update as a standing agenda item, set an early‑March target for newsletter information and a website sign-up form, discussed March information sessions and a June festival booth, and asked staff to clarify MSO content on the borough website for resident understanding.
The meeting retained a standing home-rule update on the agenda and set outreach steps tied to the borough’s monthly digital newsletter, with staff planning to post a web form and hold information sessions after the newsletter’s early‑March release.
Participants agreed to keep home rule as a recurring agenda item and to use the March newsletter distribution to solicit interest and sign-ups; staff said they would post a website form so residents could register interest. Council members proposed hosting information sessions in March and using the June 26 festival booth to reach residents and collect signatures or interest forms. A timeline point mentioned in the discussion referenced a 13‑week period before an election for certain signature-related actions, but the group did not record firm deadlines in the transcript.
Separately, participants discussed improving website content about MSO (as referenced during the meeting) and making any legal details easier to read for residents. One participant offered to help draft a plain-language summary showing what the program is, what has been done so far, and how much the borough expects to spend versus what has been spent to date; participants asked staff to avoid including dense legal text on the public page and to present high-level spending and status information instead.
No formal action on home-rule changes, information sessions or website updates was recorded; the group closed the item after asking staff to create a form and to circulate revised language in coming weeks for council review.
