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BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN BEACON FALLS — The town’s 2023-24 operating budget has passed — with a 3.26% increase from this fiscal year and a slight mill rate increase. Town residents voted 40 to 3 to approve an $8.8 million town operating budget and $541,014 for the 2023-24 no
BY ANDREAS YILMA REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN BEACON FALLS — The town’s 2023-24 municipal budget proposal increases spending and funds for several capital projects with an expected increase in the tax rate by close to 1.5 mills. The Board of Finance approved on April 27 an $8.8 million municipal
Officials said the blaze on Main Street in Seymour on Wednesday afternoon destroyed a...
Proposal increases spending, cuts tax rate BEACON FALLS — The town’s 2021-22 municipal budget proposal increases spending and funds a substantial list of capital projects, but cuts the tax rate by a full mill. The spending plan will go to a public vote at a town meeting June 2 at 7 p.m. at the senior center, 57 North Main St. The $7.95 million operating budget proposal is an increase of $473,596, or about 6.3%, from this fiscal year. The proposal includes contractual increases, like 2.5% raises for town employees and a 5% jump in the cost of medical benefits. The spending plan also raises...
By Elio Gugliotti, Editor BEACON FALLS — A week after approving a town budget proposal for the 2021-22 fiscal year, the Board of Finance altered the spending plan further. The largest change was a net reduction of $500,000 in capital projects. The board on May 11 removed $450,000 for work and upgrades at the public works garage and transfer station on Lopus Road officials have said are needed to renew the permit with the state in a couple years. The board cut $100,000 for a new storage garage for equipment at the Pent Road Recreation Center. This project is planned with the work at the tran...