Ansonia Budget

Ansonia Aldermen Delay Budget Decision

by | Apr 28, 2016 10:08 pm | Comments (0)

Ansonia’s budget debate officially went into overtime Thursday.

The city’s charter calls on Aldermen to have a spending plan — and a tax rate — in place for next year by the end of April.

Instead, they met Thursday and voted to recess” the meeting until May 24, by which time they hope to have agreed on a plan to save money on insurance with the Board of Education.

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Ansonia School Officials: There’s Nowhere To Cut

by | Apr 5, 2016 5:03 pm | Comments (0)

Ansonia school officials spent about an hour Thursday (March 31) telling a committee of Aldermen that they need a nearly 7 percent increase in funding next year to avoid drastic cuts to staff and programs.

At the end of the meeting, the committee’s chairman, Second Ward Alderman Lorie Vaccaro, said that if they could, Aldermen would allocate a 10 percent increase for the school district.

But they can’t.

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Nimons Out As Ansonia Comptroller

by | Mar 11, 2016 12:38 pm | Comments (0)

photo:ethan fryA former bank executive who has served as Ansonia’s comptroller for the past two years is no longer working for the city.

William Nimons, who is also the president of the Board of Education, said he was told by Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti Thursday that his appointment as the city’s comptroller was not renewed.

Click the play button below to hear an interview on the issue with Mayor Cassetti.

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Ansonia Tax Board Begins Budget Review Feb. 17

by | Feb 15, 2016 7:46 pm | Comments (0)

Ansonia’s tax board will begin its review of the city’s 2016 – 2017 budget this week with a view to passing the spending plan to the Board of Aldermen by March 7.

Last week Mayor David Cassetti proposed a budget that, if passed, would raise city spending about $652,820, or about 1 percent, but lower the mill rate from 37.52 to 37.19, about 0.9 percent.

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