by | May 23, 2017 7:55 pm | Comments (0)
A public hearing on the Derby tax board’s proposed 2017 – 2018 budget drew a half-dozen officials to City Hall Tuesday, but no living creatures actually offered any comments on the spending plan.The tax board will reconvene next Tuesday (May 30) at 6:30 p.m. to finalize the budget.
The budget does not increase taxes.
by | Apr 30, 2013 9:31 pm | Comments (0)
Derby residents will see a slight decrease in property taxes under a “preliminary” budget approved by the Board of Apportionment and Taxation Tuesday (April 30).
The proposal — at $37,296,860 — would result in a tax rate of 35.34 mills. That’s a 0.16-mill reduction from the current budget.
Under the proposal, a taxpayer with a home assessed at $230,000 would pay $8,165 in taxes in 2013 – 2014, $36.80 less than this year for the same home.
by | Mar 27, 2013 10:15 pm | Comments (0)
The Derby Fire Marshal’s office is looking for a 45 percent increase over its current budget to help pay for new inspectors and a deputy fire marshal it will hire in 2013 – 14.
The fire marshal’s proposal — at $141,697 — was one of several department requests the Derby Board of Apportionment and Taxation reviewed during a budget meeting Tuesday (March 26).
The Fire Marshal’s office plans to hire five new inspectors and one new deputy marshal — all part-time employees who will make a $4,242 stipend each year.
The new hires will more than double the size of the Fire Marshal’s office, which currently has five employees.
Continue reading ‘Derby Fire Marshal Budget Request Doubles Department Staff’
by | Jun 15, 2010 11:52 pm | Comments (0)
City Democrats peppered Mayor Anthony Staffieri with questions about education funding during a town hall-style meeting at St. Jude Church Tuesday.
by | Jun 11, 2010 12:10 am | Comments (0)
Next year’s school budget retains full-day kindergarten, along with the music and business programs at the high school.
It also includes two technology teachers who were slated to be laid off from the Bradley and Irving schools.
The Derby Board of Education made the moves to the applause of parents and school staff present during a four-hour meeting Thursday at Derby Middle School.
by | Jun 9, 2010 11:02 am | Comments (0)
No full-day kindergarten. No music or business programs at the high school. No sports at the middle school. Some seven teacher layoffs — plus a security monitor at the high school.
It could all happen Thursday, when the Derby Board of Education is scheduled to meet to adopt its budget for 2010 – 2011.
by | May 26, 2010 11:45 pm | Comments (0)
It took tax board members nearly three hours, two caucuses and six rejected proposals Wednesday to decide on one figure — $150,000.
That’s how much was added to the Board of Education budget proposal after a marathon meeting of the tax board.
It’s a number that will still likely mean layoffs and program cuts at Derby schools.
Continue reading ‘Derby Tax Board Approves 1 Mill Tax Increase’
by | May 20, 2010 12:55 am | Comments (0)
Look — we’re not kidding.
Last year we said we’d have to get rid of teachers — and we did.
It wasn’t a bluff.
And now, with the funding level you’re talking about — it’s going to happen again.
Continue reading ‘Derby School Supporters Lobby For More Money’
by | May 19, 2010 9:57 am | Comments (0)
Officials from the school district weren’t the only ones trying to convince the Derby tax board to loosen their purse strings Tuesday.
Leaders from Storm Ambulance and Rescue, the Derby Public Library and the highway department also talked to the tax board about why they need more money in 2010 – 2011.
A public hearing on the Derby budget is scheduled for Wednesday, May 19 at 7 p.m. on the second floor of Derby City Hall. The tax board will finalize the budget next week.
Continue reading ‘Storm, Library, DPW Make The Case For More Cash’
by | May 18, 2010 10:21 pm | Comments (0)
School leaders urged the tax board Tuesday to consider the long-term ramifications of a school budget that, in their opinion, underfunds Derby Public Schools.
Derby schools asked for roughly $18.5 million to run the district next year (2010 – 2011).
Last week the tax board set the school’s spending plan at $17.5 million.
That is $1 million less than what the school wanted, but still an increase of about $227,000 from this year’s school budget.
