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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Apr 21, 2025 10:41 pm
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SEYMOUR – Members of the Seymour Board of Finance approved a revised 2025 – 2026 proposed budget Monday that is about $296,000 less than the spending plan voters rejected April 17.
The combined town and school budget of $68,194,091 will now head to voters at a second referendum scheduled for May 1. Voters will cast ballots from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Seymour Community Center, 20 Pine St.
The revised town side of the budget is now $26.8 million. That’s a reduction of $271,024 from the budget rejected by voters last week.
(Left to right) Seymour Superintendent of Schools Susan Compton and Seymour Board of Education Chairman Chris Champagne.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Apr 18, 2025 8:04 am
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SEYMOUR — Here are the questions and results from the April 17 budget referendum:
A. Shall the Town General Government Budget, as recommended by the Board of Finance of $27,124,976 for the fiscal year 2025 – 2026 be adopted?
Yes: 493 No: 719 (REJECTED)
B. Shall the Board of Education Budget, as recommended by the Board of Finance of $41,365,139 for the Town of Seymour for fiscal year 2025 – 2026 be adopted?
Yes: 465 No: 748 (REJECTED)
SEYMOUR – Voters rejected a $68.5 million town and school budget for fiscal year 2025 – 2026 during a referendum Thursday (April 17) at the Seymour Community Center.
Voters shot down the $27.1 million town side of the budget by a vote of 719 – 493.
They also shot down the $41.4 million Seymour Board of Education budget by a vote of 748 – 465.
There will be one question on the school budget and one question on the town budget.
The proposed school budget is $41,365,139. It is a $1.6 million (or 4 percent) increase over the current budget.
The town budget is $27,124,976. It carries an increase of $531,471 (or 1.9 percent) over the current budget.
The combined town and school budgets total $68.5 million. The combined budget has a mill rate of 27.88 mills. That’s a decrease of 8.96 mills from the current mill rate.
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Press Release | Apr 9, 2025 8:06 am
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SEYMOUR — The following message was sent by Seymour First Selectwoman Annmarie Drugonis:
Budget Referendum
“This is First Selectwoman Annmarie Drugonis using the Code Red system to notify the residents of the 2025 / 2026 Budget Referendum / Budget Vote taking place on April 17, 2025, from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Community Center located at 20 Pine Street.
All voting for the budget will occur at the Community Center in the Gymnasium. We understand this is also the week of Spring break, and voters may be away or unable to get out to vote.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Apr 2, 2025 9:59 pm
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Just over 200 people attended the annual town meeting in Seymour April 2.
SEYMOUR – Just over 200 people attended the annual town meeting April 2 and voted to reduce the proposed Seymour school budget by $750,000.
The proposed school budget now stands at $41,365,139. It is a $1.6 million (4 percent) increase over the current budget.
The town side of the budget at $27,124,976 was not changed. It carries an increase of $531,471 over the current budget.
The two budgets go to voters at a referendum scheduled for 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 17 at the Seymour Community Center, 20 Pine St. Voters will cast separate ballots on both the town and school budgets.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Mar 26, 2025 5:25 am
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Seymour First Selectwoman Anmarie Drugonis addresses the town's finance board at a meeting held March 25.
SEYMOUR – Members of the Seymour Board of Finance on Tuesday (March 25) recommended moving a $69.2 million budget for fiscal year 2025 – 2026 to the annual town meeting on April 2.
While not casting a formal vote on the budget, the board did vote 5 – 2 in favor of recommending a budget that carries a spending increase of $2.9 million, or 4.34 percent, more than the current $66.4 million budget.
Board members Beverly Kennedy and Bettyann Peck cast the dissenting votes. Kennedy said the proposed mill rate is too high.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Mar 13, 2025 5:37 am
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Seymour First Selectwoman Annmarie Drugonis on March 5.
SEYMOUR – First Selectwoman Annmarie Drugonis proposed a $68.1 million budget March 5 that carries a spending increase of $1.8 million, or 2.7 percent.
The proposed budget is under review by members of the Seymour Board of Finance.
If the Drugonis budget was adopted today, the new mill rate would be 27.79 mills, a steep decrease from the current mill rate of 36.84 mills.
However, comparing the current mill rate to the proposed mill rate is like comparing apples to oranges.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Feb 28, 2025 6:15 am
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Seymour school board chairman Chris Champagne at the podium while town finance director Jason Vieira looks on.
SEYMOUR – The Seymour Board of Finance got its first look Wednesday (Feb. 26) at the Board of Education’s budget fiscal year 2025 – 2026, which is $3.1 million, or 7.9 percent, more than the current school budget.
In Seymour, the school board adopts a budget, and then sends it to the board of finance for review. In the spring voters get the final say.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | Feb 13, 2025 5:05 am
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Members of the Seymour Board of Finance, the group of volunteers who review spending and revenue projections.
SEYMOUR – Budget season is officially underway with the police department submitting spending plans last week for review by the town’s board of finance.
The budget is the document that determines how much you’ll pay in taxes for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Members of the Seymour Board of Finance held their first budget workshops Feb. 3 and Feb. 5.
The board will continue meeting with town department heads to discuss their individual budget requests throughout February and March. The meetings will take place at 7 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at Seymour Town Hall. Click here to see agendas published to the town’s website.
