He would like to table this and have council go down and walk this. In response to Councilor Galluccio's question, Mr. Owens confirmed that an agent did go down and walk this land and has confirmed the amount of wetlands. Additionally, the majority of penalties were issued not from the town of Franklin, but from the Liquor Control Board. Sting operations are performed on every single liquor serving establishment within the town of Franklin. He noted that he is continuing to pull together information which will provide councilors with detail violation history of all establishments over a five-year time period.
Lets look at ownership.
Mr. Owens stated that the state does have strict guidelines for this. In order to make changes to school committee, town council or town administration, then we need a full charter commission. Any other areas do not require this. People need to decide what level of changes they want to see. Chairman Cummings stated that a clamor for change was not made at the recent election, so he is not prioritizing a charter commission.