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WILTON, Conn. – Wilton may be spending more money next year. The Board of Selectmen on Monday unanimously approved a proposed $31.45 million town budget for the next fiscal year. That’s an increase of 3.62 percent from the current year’s budget.
“The Board of Selectmen recognizes that economic stress in the community has not dissipated and has submitted a budget request that we believe balances required operating costs to maintain public safety and security, plus essential services to the community,” a statement from First Selectman William Brennan said.
The proposed budget will be submitted to the Board of Finance Friday. Whatever budget the finance board approves will then need to be approved by voters at the Annual Town Meeting.
In addition to the budget, voters will also decide whether the town should go out to bond for five capital projects totaling $2,330,800.
“Three of these projects involve conversion or replacement of boilers to accommodate natural gas, when Yankee Gas installs the main gas line,” Brennan said in the statement .
The other two projects would replace boilers at Comstock Community Center and the Gilbert & Bennett Community Center, which need to be replaced “as soon as possible to avoid a major failure,” the statement said.
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More nonsense from the tax and spend republican majorities on the town, school boards
It will stop when we come out to vote and make it stop with a simple NO vote. Not voting will only let it continue.
Great. The original number was about 1.7%. How many of us got a 3 + % raise or have seen their property values increase by that amount?. If Malloy gets his $20,000 exemption in car values the budget % goes up even more. Great that means those of us who have kept our cars valued at less than $20,000 will see our mill rate increased and that makes us share even more in the towns lost revenue by being frugal!! When will this stop???