SEYMOUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING

The Board of Finance will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2010 – 2011 budget Thursday, April 8 at the Seymour Middle School.

The combined school and town budget clocks in at $50.8 million — a 3.53 percent increase over the current budget.

If approved the mill rate would be 28.03.

A house assessed at $200,000 would pay an additional $446 next year.

The school budget totals $30.1 million.

School officials asked for a $1.6 million increase in their budget. The Finance Board allocated $970,000.

Town government spending is up 6.3 percent to $15.4 million, with another $5.1 million for debt services.

The public hearing Thursday starts at 7 p.m.

The middle school is at 211 Mountain Road.

A copy of the proposed spending plan is posted below.

Seymour Proposed Budget

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