Seymour Board of Education Chairman Yashu Putorti presented the school district’s $31.1 million budget request for 2013 – 2014 to the Board of Finance Wednesday.
Putorti began by going over the district’s “level services” budget, which amounted to an increase of $511,593, before reviewing additional requests, which add up to $204,366. The budget request represents a $715,959, or 2.4 percent, increase over current spending.
Frank Loda, a private citizen, videotaped Putorti’s presentation and uploaded it to Youtube. Click the play button to watch.
The Board of Finance has final say on the number that will go before voters at referendum. The board is holding workshops throughout the month to review requests from different departments before arriving at final numbers.
Click here for a schedule of the budget workshops.
Its chairman, Trish Danka, pledged support for the school budget proposal last month, which she called “responsible.”
After Putorti’s presentation, she thanked the school board and Superintendent Christine Syriac and her staff for trying to meet a target of a 2 percent budget increase from First Selectman Kurt Miller.
“Thank you for working with him, it does make our job a little bit easier as well,” Danka said.
Last week Miller presented an overall budget proposal for the town of $52.9 million, an increase of 2.65 percent. Under the plan, the mill rate would go from 32.83 to 33.36, a 1.6 percent rise.
