New London ― The public Wednesday night had an opportunity to voice its opinion on the city’s $102 million proposed budget for 2023-2024.
And they had a lot to say about allocations for social service.
New London ― The Appropriation Board, or members of the City Council and Board of Finance, will hold a joint public hearing on the city budget Wednesday at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
The proposed 2023-24 b.
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I cover most aspects of The Day s home city, reporting on politics, education and economic development among other things going on in New London. The best part of the job is listening to the ideas generated by the people of this scrappy little city full of optimism, activism and determination. I m a father of two incredible kids whose wife is a dedicated nurse at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
New London The City Council on Monday approved a $96.29 million budget for fiscal year 2022 that will slightly drop the city’s tax rate for the third year in a row and boost funding for the city’s human services department.
Community members continued an unsuccessful appeal to the council for deep reductions in police department funding and reallocation to areas such as mental health services, recreation and education.
The council’s latest response, however, was not to cut the police budget but rather to move $120,000 into a special account intended to bolster the $627,475 budget for the Human Services Department. The money is taken from recently projected savings in health insurance costs from the police, fire and public works departments. The council shifted $54,000 from the police budget, $39,600 from fire and $26,400 from public works.