SEYMOUR – A budget referendum is scheduled for 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street.
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.
While the mill rate is going down, the numbers used to calculate property taxes – assessments and the mill rate – have changed.
That’s because the town went through revaluation last October.
First Selectwoman Annmarie Drugonis said homeowners’ assessments increased an average of 43 percent.
Under a proposed mill rate of 27.88 mills, a 3,558 square-foot single-family house on Brookfield Road assessed at $459,060 would pay about $12,798 in taxes next year. That’s an increase of about $1,658.
A 2,101-square-foot single-family house on Colony Road assessed at $304,290 would pay about $8,483 in taxes next year. That’s an increase of $2,024.
A 1,360-square-foot single-family house on Bungay Road assessed at $230,930 would pay about $6,438 in taxes next year. That’s an increase of $275.
Here are the questions that will be on the ballot:
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?
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?
Click this link for budget information from the Town of Seymour website.
Click here to read every story The Valley Indy published on the proposed budget.
