The FRCOG Council is the oversight board of the Franklin Regional Council of Governments. Its primary role is to oversee the projects and activities of the FRCOG, adopt policies, and develop and endorse the FRCOG’s annual operating budget.
FRCOG Council membership is comprised of one Select Board member or assigned representative from each of the 26 towns of Franklin County, two Regionally Elected members with three-year terms, and one representative of the Franklin Regional Planning Board, which acts in an advisory capacity on planning issues to the FRCOG.
The Charter that created the FRCOG in 1997 established use of different mechanisms for policy and financial votes:
- The Council decides simple policy issues by a majority vote of the quorum present.
- A weighted majority vote of the quorum present determines financial questions. Weighted votes are based on a formula that reflects a 10% weight for the Town’s share of the county’s total population (population of Franklin County ~ 72,000) and a 90% weight for its share of the total membership’s equalized property valuation (EQV), based on the latest figures available from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.
The FRCOG Council has the following subcommittees:
- Executive Committee
- Finance Committee
- Personnel Committee
- Special Committees as needed
The Franklin Regional Planning Board (FRPB) is an advisory board of the FRCOG. The FRPB addresses critical planning issues impacting towns and the region and makes recommendations to the FRCOG Executive Committee.

Linda Dunlavy

Rebekah Boyd
- Ashfield
Paul McLatchy - Bernardston
Stanley Garland
Joel Cole, alternate - Buckland
Heather Butler
Barry Del Castilho, alternate - Charlemont
Vacant - Colrain
Kevin Fox, Council Clerk/Secretary
Joe Kurland, alternate - Conway
Philip Kantor - Deerfield
Trevor McDaniel, Council Chair
Kayce Warren, alternate - Erving
William Bembury
Bryan Smith, alternate - Gill
Greg Snedeker, Council Vice Chair - Greenfield
Roxann Wedegartner
Danielle Leterneau, alternate - Hawley
Will Cosby
Hussain Hamdan, alternate - Heath
Brian DeVriese - Leverett
Tim Shores - Leyden
Michele Giarusso - Monroe
Carla Davis-Little
Marcella Stafford-Gore, alternate
- Montague
Richard Kuklewicz
Steve Ellis, alternate
Michael Nelson, alternate
Chris Boutwell, alternate - New Salem
Vacant - Northfield
Bee Jacque
Alexander Meisner, alternate - Orange
Andrew J. Smith - Rowe
Vacant - Shelburne
Bob Manners
Andrew Baker, alternate - Shutesbury
Ellen McKay
Rita Farrell, alternate
Rebecca Torres, alternate - Sunderland
Tom Fydenkevez - Warwick
Alan Genovese - Wendell
Michael Idoine
Daniel Keller, alternate
Glen Johnson-Mussad, alternate - Whately
Brian Domina - Regionally Elected
Jay DiPucchio - Regionally Elected
Jane Peirce - Franklin Regional Planning Board Appointee
Emily Johnson
Organizing Documents
- FRCOG Charter (PDF, 582 KB)
- FRCOG Bylaws (PDF, 200 KB)
Quarterly Updates
- January 2023 (PDF, 1 MB)
FRCOG Budgets
- Adopted FY24 (PDF, 676 KB)
- Adopted FY23 (PDF, 134 KB)
- Adopted FY22 (PDF, 53 KB)
- Adopted FY21 (PDF, 84 KB)
Note: Meeting agendas are posted on the Meetings & Events calendar on the date of the meeting.