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Preston town, school budgets to May 23 referendum

Preston finance board cuts 1% from town, school budgets

Preston ― The Board of Finance cut 1% from both the 2024-25 proposed town government and school budgets Thursday following a public hearing during which the majority of speakers supported keeping both...

Preston residents approve 10% raise for first selectperson position

Preston ― Residents Thursday overwhelmingly agreed to raise the first selectperson’s salary by 10% or $8,706. The increase will take effect immediately for First Selectwoman Sandra Allyn-Gauthier. The...

Preston residents send budgets to May 25 referendum

Preston ― More than 50 residents at the annual town meeting Thursday agreed to keep the proposed 2023-24 town and education budgets unchanged and send them to a May 25 referendum from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m....

Preston residents face property tax sticker shock

Preston ― After hearing residents say they can not afford a 10% budget increase on top of the spikes in home values that some say would increase their property tax bill $1,500 to $2,000, the Board of ...

The Day - Preston residents approve American Rescue Plan spending - News from southeastern Connecticut

Residents voted overwhelmingly approved using American Rescue Plan dollars to hire a firefighter, purchase town and firetrucks and renovate town hall.

The Day - Preston Republicans have no candidate for first selectman - News from southeastern Connecticut

Preston — Town Republicans did not endorse a candidate for first selectman Friday during a caucus to select candidates for several boards and commissions for the Nov. 2 election, and have several other unfilled spots on the ballot. Incumbent Selectman Kenneth Zachem was endorsed unanimously for a second term, as was incumbent Jill Keith for town clerk/tax collector. Several incumbents and new candidates were endorsed for various boards and commissions, but the Republican slate still lacked candidates for several more spots. Zachem, who has served for more than two decades on different boards, said he had mixed feelings about the party failing to find a candidate for the full-time first selectman position. He praised first-term Democratic incumbent Sandra Allyn-Gauthier, who succeeded former 24-year Republican First Selectman Robert Congdon. Zachem said Allyn-Gauthier “is doing such a good job” with town management and finances, and the current Board of Selectmen works well together.

The Day - Preston Republicans seek candidates for fall election - News from southeastern Connecticut

The Day - Preston residents will get an in-person chance to review proposed 2021-22 budgets

Preston — The annual budget public hearing May 20 will be the first in-person meeting since the pandemic hit in March 2020, giving voters the chance to gather and comment on the $4 million town and $12.48 million school budgets. Despite spending increases in both budgets, the proposed tax rate would drop by a quarter mill, after the Board of Finance voted to use $450,000 in town surplus funds to offset any tax increase. The entire budget process was left to the Board of Finance last spring according to Gov. Ned Lamont’s pandemic executive order. But Lamont is lifting most pandemic restrictions on May 19, and Preston officials are planning to return to the usual process, starting with the public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 20, at Preston Plains Middle School.