ANSONIA — A public hearing on the city budget is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 6 in front of both the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Apportionment and Taxation.
The meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conference platform, according to an agenda posted to the city’s website.
Mayor David Cassetti unveiled a budget April 25 that will add 0.25 mills to the mill rate.
If the budget is accepted as proposed, a single-family house on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $45 more per year in taxes.
A house on Gardners Lane assessed at $248,000 would pay $62 more per year.
A house on High Acres Road assessed at $366,000 would pay $91.50 more per year.
The proposed budget is a $2.6 million increase from the 2023 – 2024 budget of $64.5 million approved last June. Most of that change is driven by an increase in the education budget, from $35.8 million to $37.6 million (about a $1.8 million, or 5 percent, increase).
Here is the info needed to join the meeting online, as posted to the city’s website:
(US) +1 719 – 359-4580
passcode: 975292
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85963449298?pwd=e6a5ZZ1Dm4IpJSzQVm44ZjE60DB8va.1
The rest of the budget schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (6:30 p.m.) — Board of Apportionment and Taxation and the Board of Aldermen Finance Subcommittee will hold a special budget workshop in the Aldermen Chambers at City Hall. Also at this meeting, the Board of Apportionment and Taxation will vote to forward the proposed FY 2025 budget on to the full Board of Aldermen.
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (6:30 p.m.) — Board of Aldermen will hold a Public Hearing on the proposed FY 2025 budget in the Aldermen Chambers at City Hall. After the meeting, a budget workshop will be held.
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 (6:30 p.m.) — Board of Aldermen will hold a special budget workshop in the Aldermen Chambers at City Hall.
Thursday, May 30, 2024 (6:30 p.m.) — Board of Aldermen will hold a special meeting via Zoom to vote on adoption of the FY 2025 City of Ansonia budget.
