Franklin: Mine Brook land agreement delayed again

How long will it take to get an agreement? 3 years and counting thus far.

This is the town that some would propose going with a split tax rate, taxing businesses a different rate than homeowners. Given our inability to negotiate a business deal (three years on this one, dispute with Norfolk over water...) Franklin does not seem to have a good track record.

Read the full story as reported by Michael Morton in the Milford Daily News.

Water disagreement makes the Globe

The current disagreement over $43,000 between Franklin and Norfolk finally made the pages of the Boston Globe.

Franklin escalates against Norfolk on water dispute

Norfolk, for some reasons known to themselves, have not lived up to their end of the 1993 agreement on water by either returning the water provided, and providing some $43,000. Franklin has therefore initiated a termination of the agreement as part of the process to reach a more equitable agreement to this situation.

Norfolk will get a year notice to allow their 13 residents to find another water source after Franklin terminates the agreement, unless there is a resolution along the way.

Additional documents pertaining to this are available on the Franklin Town Council web site. (PDF)

The Town Council passed the resolution to terminate the agreement after some discussion to try and tighten the time line.

Updated: Michael Morton's article in the Milford Daily News can be found here.