{"podcast":{"title":"Franklin Matters Radio","slug":"franklin-matters-radio-1378592","podcast_index_feed_id":1378592,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/franklin-ma-matters/","website_url":"https://franklinmatters.org/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/07c6ebdc-4458-499e-99db-58ae22733617/TR9QvMEBcA_LHL6DLkmbClxf.png","author":"Steve Sherlock","episode_count":200,"summary":"What matters in Franklin MA - we follow the money sharing Town & School meetings, community events, and interviews to enable an informed resident & voter","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T10:18:41.003862+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592"},"episode":{"title":"FM #1810 - Joint Budget Subcmte Mtg - 08/13/26","slug":"fm-1810-joint-budget-subcmte-mtg-08-13-26","published_at":"2026-09-05T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/fm-1810-joint-budget-subcmte-mtg-08-13-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592","url":"https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1810-joint-budget-subcmte-mtg-08-13-26","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9d6df3d8-7e57-41fc-bd66-7f6f0feed2fe.mp3","summary":"This session shares the Joint Budget Subcmte Meeting held on Thursday, August 13, 2026 . TA Jamie Hellen provides a budget update https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/10586/3a-MEMO---FY27-Update-and-Five-Year-Forecast- five year forecast more accurate based on the process https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/10582/03b-1-Five-Year-Fiscal-Forecast---Control-Summary-Forecast Discussion on goals https://ma-franklin.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/10588/04-JBSC-2026-27-Goals Consensus developed around three goals;, in my kitchen English wording - (1) education/awareness of the Town finances (2) alignment on the structural deficit for 3 years (3) potential solutions or strategy to resolve such deficit in that time. Additional wordsmithing being done by the committee for review at next session, no date available for next session The recording runs about 1 hour & 55 minutes, so let’s listen in. -------------- Franklin TV video is available for replay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PITPcwF6Lg The agenda for this session https://www.franklinma.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08132026-2445 My notes captured during the session https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UzwDKCfD_wh4wmgQdqZDH101egZACz-j/view?usp=drive_link ------------- We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio ( wfpr.fm ) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial. This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help. How can you help? If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors If you don't like something here, please let me know And if you have interest in reporting on meetings or events, please reach out. We’ll share and show you what and…","meta_description":"This session shares the Joint Budget Subcmte Meeting held on Thursday, August 13, 2026 . TA Jamie Hellen provides a budget update https://ma-franklin.civi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8153,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/episodes/fm-1810-joint-budget-subcmte-mtg-08-13-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/franklin-matters-radio-1378592/fm-1810-joint-budget-subcmte-mtg-08-13-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}