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School board adopts 2010-11 budget
NAUGATUCK — The school board adopted its 2010-11 budget at a special meeting last Wednesday night, closing what was once a nearly $7 million gap between the borough’s allocation and the school system’s projected expenses. Moments after the board voted, 6-2, to approve the spending plan, Superintendent John Tindall-Gibson said administration informed 16 borough... »
Selectmen trim $170,000 from town budget
BEACON FALLS — Beacon Falls officials will again seek to pass a municipal budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year next week after residents turned down, by about 60 votes, a proposed budget representing a 7.1 percent increase over the current year’s spending plan last Wednesday. The joint boards of finance and selectmen took more... »
Naugatuck budget to yield half-mill hike
NAUGATUCK — Borough officials have approved a 2010-11 budget representing a $758,340, or .74 percent, overall increase, which hinges upon a 1.6 percent, half-mill tax hike for property owners. The tax rate, which is 31.52 mills in the current fiscal year, will increase to 32.02 mills in 2010-11. Taxpayers have until May 27 at... »
Borough health budget up; VNA, HRD to fold?
NAUGATUCK — The borough’s overall health and welfare budget will receive an approximately $32,000 bump in funding over the current year in the 2010-11 budget recently adopted by the joint boards of Mayor and Burgesses and Finance. A subcommittee of the joint boards, comprising Burgess Mindy Fragoso and finance board members Don Carten and... »
Citizens split about $5.86m BF budget
BEACON FALLS — The Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance presented their revised 2010-11 municipal budget to a crowd of more than 100 citizens Tuesday night at Beacon Hose Co. No. 1 to what appeared to be more support than opposition. The $5.86 million budget will be sent to referendum June 2—changed from... »
VFTM: Power savings would be negligible
View From the Middle will be a semi-regular news column written by Brendan Cox, Citizen’s News staff writer. Brendan can be reached at bcox@mycitizensnews.com. When the Board of Education held its public budget hearing last month, most taxpayers who turned out worried about the impact of increased class sizes, spoke out against the closing... »
Tone at budget hearing relatively subdued
NAUGATUCK — Borough officials scheduled their public budget hearing to be held in the Davis Auditorium at the high school, probably expecting a large and implacable crowd of residents to turn out. Certainly, the tone and attendance at recent meetings would have justified such caution. But only about 50 taxpayers showed Monday night to... »
Joint boards revise Beacon Falls budget
BEACON FALLS – Beacon Falls town officials voted to trim the proposed 2010-11 municipal budget by nearly $85,000 at a special joint meeting between the Board of Selectmen and Board of Finance Tuesday night at Town Hall in hopes of gaining popular approval later this month. The new, $5.86 million budget will be presented... »
Borough to scale back school board’s request
NAUGATUCK — The joint boards of mayor and burgesses and finance are poised to award the school board a $300,000, or .5 percent, increase for the 2010-11 fiscal year. The Board of Education last week requested an $899,000, or 1.6 percent, increase and warned that further budget cuts would cripple the educational program in... »
Prospect budget passes referendum
PROSPECT — A 2010-11 town budget representing a $337,000, or 5.1 percent, increase over the current year narrowly passed a public referendum last Wednesday, 347-331. Mayor Bob Chatfield acknowledged the 16-vote winning margin was a small one, but added it’s “not as close as when I lost the referendum by two votes a few... »