ANSONIA – The Board of Aldermen could move to adopt a budget for the next fiscal year at a meeting Tuesday (June 9).

At the meeting, the Aldermen are scheduled for a “Discussion and/or Approval of FY 26-27 Budget, Set Mill Rate,” according to a meeting agenda. The meeting is scheduled to be held on the second floor of the Ansonia Senior Center at 65 Main St.

At a referendum June 1, voters approved a school budget but rejected a city-side budget by about 16 votes, sending it back to the Aldermen for revisions.

That budget would have set the city’s mill rate at 30.35.

The Aldermen’s revised budget has not been shared with the public as of June 8. However, after a meeting last week, Mayor Frank Tyszka said he wanted to bring the mill rate to 29.46 mills.

That’s an increase of 0.91 mills compared to the current mill rate of 28.55. However, it’s lower than the previously rejected 30.35 number.

If the Aldermen hit that number, it will allow them to pass a new budget without going to a second referendum for approval, according to past statements from finance officials. The city’s charter requires a referendum any time a proposed budget would raise the ‘net taxes to be collected’ by 3 percent or more.

This is the first budget since Tyszka took office last December.

Last year, under former Mayor David Cassetti’s administration, the Aldermen sent three budget proposals to voters at referendum, all of which failed. They eventually voted to bring the budget down below the referendum threshold and passed it without going to a fourth referendum.

The budget covers the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027.

Possible Mill Rate Impacts

A full revised budget proposal has not yet been made available.

However, if the Aldermen were to set the new mill rate at 29.46 mills then tax bills would be impacted as follows:

Under the new mill rate, a single-family house on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $163.80 more per year in taxes.

A house on Gardners Lane assessed at $248,000 would pay $225.68 more per year.

A house on High Acres Road assessed at $366,000 would pay $333.06 more per year.