ANSONIA — The city and school budgets were rejected at a referendum today (Friday, May 23).
Here are the results:
Shall the city portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen of $29,652,920 for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted?
Yes: 166
No: 648
(Advisory Question 1) If you voted no on the general government budget, is the budget …
Too High: 616
Too Low: 32
Shall the board of education portion of the budget, as recommended by the board of aldermen, $39,157,414 for the City of Ansonia for the fiscal year 2026 be adopted?
Yes: 238
No: 577
Too High: 525
Too Low: 67
The budgets would have increased the mill rate by 2.55 mills, or 9.6 percent.
Both budgets now go back to the Board of Aldermen for further review.
A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. June 2. As of May 23, it is scheduled to be held via Zoom. The times, dates, and locations of meetings could change. Check the city website for the most current information.
Turnout for the third referendum was about 7.2 percent, based on the number of 11,369 registered voters in November 2024.
That’s lower than either of the other two referendums. The first referendum had the highest turnout, at about 9.7 percent.
The rejected city budget would have been a $145,487, or 0.5 percent increase over the current budget. The rejected school budget would have been a $1.58 million, or 4.2 percent increase over the current budget.
Between the first and third referendums, the Ansonia Board of Aldermen had trimmed a total of $400,200 from the original proposed city budget, and $403,305 from the original proposed school budget.
The ballot numbers at top include numbers from absentee ballots.
