Norwich: No on amending volunteer fire relief, yes to fire director norwichbulletin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from norwichbulletin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Norwich budget increases school funding despite grant loss for budget norwichbulletin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from norwichbulletin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Norwich budget may include increase due to state grant uncertainty norwichbulletin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from norwichbulletin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Norwich The city expects to receive a $10 million check from the U.S. Treasury soon, but city officials are still studying the 151-page rule book governing how to spend the first half of the $21 million allocated to the city through the American Rescue Plan.
City Manager John Salomone said Wednesday he had hoped the guidelines from the U.S. Treasury would be more specific in instructing municipalities how they can spend the millions in COVID-19 recovery funding being funneled directly to them. Instead, after stating that cities and towns cannot use the funding to pay down pension debt or reduce property taxes, the report is less specific in most categories.
Norwich City Manager John Salomone has proposed a combined city and school budget totaling $138.6 million with a 4.39% spending increase that would require a 1.5% citywide tax increase.
Salomone’s proposed 2021-22 budget, presented to the City Council Monday, includes an $86.3 million school budget which calls for a $2.1 million or 2.5% increase.
That is less than the 3.95% increase requested by school officials but more than the city manager’s usual 2% increase for the schools.
The general government budget also contains funding for a fire services director recommended in a recently released fire services study. The general government budget of $48.7 million calls for a $2.7 million or 5.95% increase.