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Finance board approves budget for hearing
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the proposed $6.28 million municipal budget alone would increase the town’s mill rate by 1.4 mills to 32.5 mills. Of the 1.4 projected mill rate increase only 0.1 mill can be attributed the proposed operating budget of Beacon Falls. The remaining 1.3 mill increase... »
Beacon Falls taking time with budget
BEACON FALLS — As the budget season wears on so to have the workshops. Board of Finance Chairman Jim Huk said the budget process is proceeding as it should be under the circumstances. However, First Selectman Gerard Smith felt the process is not coming along well, calling it “painstakingly slow.” “There seems to be... »
Departments request $4.1 million in capital items
NAUGATUCK — Large ticket items were on the table during the Board of Finance’s latest budget workshop. The board heard requests, totaling about $4.1 million, for funding capital projects Monday night. Capital projects are paid over time through the reserve fund. The largest request of the evening came from the Department of Public Works,... »
Borough officials review school budget request
NAUGATUCK — The Board of Education’s requested $59.69 million budget for the coming school year is what is needed to move existing programs forward. That was the message Superintendent of Schools John Tindall-Gibson gave to borough officials Monday night. “Basically it’s a move the existing programs forward kind of budget,” Tindall-Gibson said during a... »
Golf course deficit grows
NAUGATUCK — The Hop Brook Golf Course’s deficit has widened to about $100,000, prompting a Board of Finance debate Monday over whether the borough should continue subsidizing it. “Is that the business the town should be in?” finance board member Dan Sheridan asked. Deputy Mayor Tamath Rossi said that question is one of several... »
Borough begins strategic planning
NAUGATUCK — A strategic planning process to reshape how Naugatuck government operates is underway. Jeffrey Ziplow, a partner at the West Hartford-based accounting firm Blum, Shapiro & Co., laid out the process for a strategic plan to the Board of Mayor and Burgesses, Board of Finance and Board of Education last Tuesday night. The... »
Finance board selects new leader
NAUGATUCK — The Board of Finance last week elected Diane Scinto to be its new chairwoman, replacing outgoing Chairman Robert Butler Jr., who is leaving the board after being hired by the borough school system. Scinto, a Republican, is the most senior member of the finance board, having served for about seven years. She... »
Borough joint boards talk raises
NAUGATUCK — The joint boards of Finance and Mayor and Burgesses considered wage increases for five non-union employees Monday night. The increases were recommended by the borough’s salary review board in December, after the board compared pay for some non-union borough employees to salaries for the same positions in similar-sized municipalities in similar economic... »
Beacon Falls Dems spar with First Selectman over appointments
BEACON FALLS — Democrats cried foul when Republican First Selectman Gerard Smith and Republican Selectman David D’Amico filled a Democrat vacancy on the Board of Finance with a former Republican candidate. Unaffiliated board member Lou DiPiro resigned, leaving the position open. The two Republican selectmen voted in Jack Levine, who is currently unaffiliated, against... »
Borough eyes complete renovation of NHS
NAUGATUCK — Plans to renovate Naugatuck High School as new are moving forward, thanks to a non-binding straw vote of approval from Naugatuck’s three big boards — the Board of Mayor and Burgesses, Board of Finance, and Board of Education. The tri-boards overwhelmingly voted to present the $80.9 million renovation plan to the public... »