SEYMOUR — A referendum on the town and school budgets is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Seymour Community Center, 20 Pine St.
Click here for information about the budgets. Click here to read the calendar entry from Seymour.
The combined budgets total about $70.7 million, according to this story from The Valley Indy.
The combined budgets set the mill rate at 29.25 mills. That’s an increase of 1.53 mills, or 5.5 percent, over the current mill rate of 27.72 mills.
The bottom line combines two budgets: $27.6 million for the town and $43.1 million for Seymour Public Schools.
The school budget represents an increase of 4.3 percent, or $1.8 million, over the current budget.
The town budget represents an increase of 2.9 percent, or about $797,000, over the current budget.
Under the new proposed mill rate of 29.25 mills, a single-family house on Brookfield Road assessed at $436,170 would pay $667 more per year in taxes.
A house on Colony Road assessed at $268,800 would pay $417 more per year in taxes.
A house on Bungay Road assessed at $195,790 would pay $299 more per year in taxes.