ANSONIA – A public hearing over Ansonia’s proposed budget is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday (April 30) in the Aldermanic Chambers of city hall (253 Main St).
The public hearing is in-person only. Click here to view the agenda.
Click here to view the city’s proposed budget.
The budget is currently unchanged from a $68.1 million spending plan proposed by Mayor Frank Tyszka in March. Under the proposed budget, the mill rate would increase by 2.27 mills, from 28.55 to 30.82.
The budget as written would require voter approval at a referendum before it could be adopted. The charter requires a public vote if a budget would increase the “net taxes to be collected” by more than 3 percent.
The Aldermen could still make changes to the budget before sending it to a vote.
The budget proposal would flat-fund Ansonia Public Schools at $38,612,089 and reduce spending on the city side of the budget by about $20,000, to $29,484,066.
Tyszka has said a tax increase is still needed due to budget decisions made under his predecessor, David Cassetti.
Click here for a previous story about the proposal.
Mill Rate Impacts
Under the proposed budget, a single-family home on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $408.60 more per year in taxes.
A house on Gardners Lane assessed at $248,000 would pay $562.96 more per year.
A house on High Acres Road assessed at $366,000 would pay $830.20 more per year.
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