Tag: budget
Board to consider shortening school year
NAUGATUCK — The school board will consider increasing student activity fees by 50 percent and lopping two days off the school year—cutting its length...
Taxpayers, students decry school closure
NAUGATUCK — Borough taxpayers and their children turned out in force at the Board of Education’s regular meeting last Thursday to voice their objections...
Prospect budget increase climbs to 5.13%
PROSPECT — The Town Council has adopted a 2010-2011 budget that tacks another $9,500 onto Mayor Bob Chatfield’s original, recommended $327,000 increase, bringing the...
Registrars take 11 percent budget increase
PROSPECT — The town may save money on labor by using electronic ballot-counting machines, but technology comes with its own unique costs.
The Town Council...
Library’s proposed increase scaled back
PROSPECT — Members of the Public Library Board appeared before the Town Council Monday night to petition against Mayor Bob Chatfield’s recommended halving of...
Mayor seeks 5 percent spending increase
PROSPECT — Mayor Bob Chatfield on Tuesday unveiled a proposed $6.9 million 2010-11 budget that would increase spending by 5 percent.
The spending plan is...
Social services agency asks borough for help
NAUGATUCK — The Human Resource Development Agency (HRD), a private, non-profit social services organization, has assisted borough residents for years at “no administrative charge...
Citizens to audit Board of Ed. budget
NAUGATUCK— Concerned borough taxpayers will soon have a new forum for monitoring the embattled Board of Education’s administrative practices.
Anne Ciacciarella, founder of the 1,300-member...
Impact of BOE situation far-reaching
NAUGATUCK — The common perception among teachers, parents and other taxpayers seems to be that the Board of Education’s projected $2 million budget deficit...
Teachers reject proposed concessions
NAUGATUCK — Mayor Bob Mezzo says teachers may have accepted a cost-savings plan worth about $570,000 if the school board had given them some...
