Seymour voters will head to the polls a third time on Wednesday May 30, to vote on proposed town and school budgets totaling $51.7 million.
The budget referendum will take place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town’s community center on Pine Street.
The budget proposals would set the town’s tax rate at 32.95 mills.
The current rate is 27.62 mills. However, town officials have recalculated the rate to 31.95 to allow residents to make a better comparison with their newly revalued properties.
So, accounting for revaluation, the tax rate is increasing 1 mill.
Voters rejected two earlier budget proposals.
The details:
Town Budget: $21,160,166
Increase: 1.87 percent
Education Budget: $30,548,026 *Increase: *2.53 percent
First Selectman Kurt Miller said last week that nearly 30 percent of the town’s property owners would see a decrease in the amount of taxes they pay under the proposal.
Miller urged residents to approve the budget in a guest column last week.
Click here to read everything the Valley Indy has written about the budget.
The entire budget proposal is posted below.
Click here to view other budget documents on the town website.
VOTE NO !!!
So, accounting for revaluation, the tax rate is increasing 1 mill. XXXXXXXXX
That is still not a good reason to go up on our TAXES.
CUT THE OVERHEAD!!!!!!!
While the current tax rate is 27.62 mills, revaluation and the grand list shrinkage alone — with not increased spending — would have required a tax rate increase to 31.95 mills. WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
31.95 MILLS!!! Just because the town is receiving less revenue, does not give the town the authority to automatically raise the Mill rate to 31.95 Mills and expect taxpayers to makeup the difference.
Who do you think you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CUT THE SPENDING!
With the comments below, it doesn’t look like this budget is going to pass either. We are going to have to raise taxes just to get this budget passed.