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DateBallot QuestionOverride/Debt ExclusionAmountVotes ForVotes AgainstBlanksTotal VotesTotal Reg VotersPercent Reg Voters who votedPassed/FailedMargin% Margin (of T Voters)
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11/4/2014Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $1,500,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of funding a stabilization fund as provided in GL Chapter 40 Section 5 B, said funds to be expended solely for roadway, sidewalk and related drainage work for the fiscal year beginning July first, two thousand and sixteen?Override$1,500,00035838289395122672069759.27%F-4706-38.36%
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3/27/2012Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two-and-one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to construct a new high school, to be located at 218 Oak Street, and for the payment of all other costs incidental and related thereto?Debt Exclusion$104,000,00079881982199712050048.64%P600660.23%
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6/8/2010Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $3,000,000.00 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of the operating budget which monies from this assessment will be used for the fiscal year beginning July 1, two thousand and eleven?Override$3,000,00038204143379661910241.70%F3234.05%
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6/10/2008Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $2,800,000.00 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purpose of the operating budget for which monies from this assessment will be used for the fiscal year beginning July 1, two thousand and eight?Override$2,800,00034024290176931910240.3%F88811.5%
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5/22/2007Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $2,700,000.00 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of the operating budget which monies from this assessment will be used for the fiscal year beginning July 1, two thousand and seven?Override$2,700,00050283722987591856847.2%P-1306-14.9%
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11/2/2004Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $3,900,000.00 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of preserving current school and municipal services ($3,255,000), restoring six and adding two firefighters/paramedics to staff two ambulances ($275,000), restoring four police officers ($240,000), restoring library hours to meet the minimum state requirement ($130,000) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005?Override$3,900,00070378185258154801860083.2%F11487.4%
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10/22/2002Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000.00) in real estate and property taxes for the purposes of funding solid waste for which monies from this assessment will be used for the fiscal year beginning July 1, two thousand and two?Override$1,400,00066335611542391726324.6%F289868.4%
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4/23/2002Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional three million dollars ($3,000,000.00) in real estate and property taxes for the purposes of funding the operating budget for which monies from this assessment will be used for the fiscal year beginning July 1, two thousand and two?Override$3,000,000176938991156791726332.9%F213037.5%
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10/10/2000Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on the bonds to be issued in order to finance the construction and equipping of renovation and an addition to the Horace Mann School, in the principal amount not to exceed $29,900,000, a portion of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education.Debt Exclusion$29,900,00025061439939541668023.7%P-1067-27.0%
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11/2/1999Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on the bonds to be issued in order to finance the construction and original equipping of a new combination elementary/middle school, the total cost of which is estimated by the School Building Committee to be $25,500,000 excluding land acquisition costs. Debt Exclusion$25,500,0004013165341860841625337.4%P-2360-38.8%
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6/20/1998Shall the sum of $26,700,000 be appropriated for the construction and original equipping of a new school, which appropriation is in addition to the $300,000 appropriated for the planning costs related to the project by Resolution No. 98-25R and which appropriation bring the total amount appropriated for the project to $27,000,000; and, to meet this additional appropriation shall the Treasurer-Collector with the approval of the Town Administrator be authorized to borrow $26,700,000 in addition to the $300,000 authorized under resolution No. 98-25R, under G.L. c.44, sec 7 and or Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1945 as amended, provided, however, that no debt, except for up to an aggregate of $1,205,000 for planning and other preliminary expenses, may be incurred under this appropriation and Resolution No. 98-25R for the project until the State Department of Education has included the Town's application for a State School Construction grant for the project on its list of completed project applications, showing the priority assigned?Debt Exclusion$27,000,000403141844182511617551.0%F1531.9%
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5/2/1998Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on the bonds to be issued in order to finance the construction and original equipping of a new school, in the principal amount of $27,000,000, 60% of the eligible cost of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education?. Debt Exclusion$27,000,000426642392385281617552.7%P-27-0.3%
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3/14/1998Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on the bonds to be issued in order to finance the construction and original equipping of a new school , in the principal amount of $49,000,000, a portion of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education?. Debt Exclusion$49,000,000277628791956741617535.1%F1031.8%
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6/11/1996Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional three million dollars ($3,500,000.00) in real estate and property taxes for the purposes of funding the operating budget for which monies from this assessment will be used for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996?Override$3,500,000282758352986911541556.4%F300834.6%
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4/4/1995Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay the principal and interest on bonds, in the principal amount of $2,000,000, in order to finance the acquisition of land, or interests in land, for any purpose for which a city or town is or may hereafter be authorized to acquire land or interest therein, including but not limited to open space, public parks, or playgrounds, municipal outdoor recreational and athletic facilities, or school or municipal facilities?Debt Exclusion$2,000,0001699196033939981332530.0%F2616.5%
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1/31/1995Q1 - Shall the vote of the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical School District Committee passed on December 23, 1994 authorizing the incurring of debt in the amount of $2,362,364 for the purposes of financing costs of reconstructing, remodeling, making extraordinary repairs and equipping the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, including costs of design service consultants to prepare studies, final architectural and engineering plans, bid specifications and contractual documents and cost estimates including costs incidental and related thereto pursuant to chapter 71 of the General Laws, as amended, be approved?Debt Exclusion$2,362,3644381098555133254.2%P-329-59.3%
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1/31/1995Q2 - Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to finance the construction and remodeling, making extraordinary repairs and equipping the Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, including cost of design service consultants to prepare studies, final architectural and engineering plans, bid specifications and contractual documents and cost estimates including costs incidental and related thereto?Debt Exclusionsame amount as Q134120311555133254.2%P-138-24.9%
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2/12/1994Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, issued in order to finance the construction and equipping of a new school in the principal amount of $18,500,000, a portion of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education?Debt Exclusion$18,500,000300122095952691292340.8%P-792-15.0%
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6/16/1992Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to replace the high school roof in the amount of $1,290,000, a portion of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education?Debt Exclusion$1,290,00011716391518251212115.1%P-532-29.2%
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4/2/1991Q1 Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $35,000 in real and personal property taxes for the purposes of conducting the required triennial evaluation of property for the fiscal year beginning July 1, nineteen hundred and ninety-one?Capital Exclusion$35,000786304425940891190634.3%F225855.2%
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4/2/1991Q2 Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $45,000 in real and personal property taxes for the purposes of purchasing three (3) marked police cruisers to replace three (3) existing marked police cruisers for the fiscal year beginning July 1, nineteen hundred and ninety-one?Capital Exclusion$45,00086031309940891190634.3%F227055.5%
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4/2/1991Q3 Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $94,000 in real and personal property taxes for the purposes of purchasing and equipping a new ambulance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, nineteen hundred and ninety-one?Capital Exclusion$94,0001148283810340891190634.3%F169041.3%
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4/2/1991Q4 Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $40,000 in real and personal property taxes for the purposes of purchasing two (2) vans for providing transportation for special needs students for the fiscal year beginning July 1, nineteen hundred and ninety-one?Capital Exclusion$40,0001280270710240891190634.3%F142734.9%
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4/2/1991Q5 Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $90,000 in real and personal property taxes for the purposes of purchasing a new street sweeper to replace an existing street sweeper for the fiscal year beginning July 1, nineteen hundred and ninety-one?Capital Exclusion$90,000460351511440891190634.3%F305574.7%
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4/2/1991Q6 Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to replace the high school roof and make needed asbestos repair in the lecture hall in the amount of $1,705,000, a portion of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education?Capital Exclusion$1,705,000195520379740891190634.3%F822.0%
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4/2/1991Q7 Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to remove the boilers, remove asbestos, remove underground oil storage tanks, and convert the heating system to natural gas in the John F Kennedy and Davis Thayer Schools in the amount of $325,000, a portion of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education?Capital Exclusion$325,0001734223412140891190634.3%F50012.2%
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4/2/1991Q8 - Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to enter into a contract with an architect to design and develop final working construction documents for the school building construction, including but not limited to the addition and renovation of the Horace Mann School, in the amount of $540,000, a portion of which may be reimbursed to the Town through a grant from the Massachusetts Department of Education?Capital Exclusion$540,000980296814140891190634.3%F198848.6%
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4/2/1991Q9 - Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to exempt from the provision of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bond issued in order to pave roadways and do other related road rehabilitation work in the amount of $200,000?Capital Exclusion$200,0001307264214040891190634.3%F133532.6%
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6/26/1990Shall the Town of Franklin be allowed to assess an additional $1,349,000 in real estate and personal property taxes for the purposes of funding schools ($700,000), public safety and municipal operations ($649,000) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, nineteen hundred and ninety?Override$1,349,000203134255255081220445.1%F139425.3%