First selectman: Historic budget would lower taxes in Old Saybrook
Josh LaBella
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First Selectman Carl Fortuna said the proposed budget would lower the town’s mill rate and tax burden for the first time in 50 years.File photo
OLD SAYBROOK First Selectman Carl Fortuna said the proposed budget would lower the town’s mill rate and tax burden for the first time in 50 years.
The Board of Selectman voted unanimously this week to approve the $47.1 million budget, which is an increase of 0.36 percent $167,000 from the previous year.
Fortuna said an increase in assessed value in the 2020 grand list meant the mill rate would mostly offset the small rise in the budget.
52 new full-time positions: Stamford school board OKs $303M budget
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Students enter school on the first day of the 2020-2021 school year at Stamford High School in Stamford, Conn. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD Stamford school officials, who watched as their proposed budget increase last year was almost entirely shredded, voted on Tuesday to bring their finances back to the level they envisioned pre-COVID-19.
Members of the Board of Education approved an operating budget of $303.6 million, an increase of 6.34 percent over the current fiscal year. Last year, the district had asked for $301.5 million, before the onset of the pandemic impacted the city’s financial outlook.
New Canaan s Lavieri: A win-win is finding savings without affecting students
Grace Duffield
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New Canaan town and school board officials met with the goal of opening more productive lines of comunication.Contributed photo
In an amiable meeting between the Board of Finance and school officials on Tuesday Feb. 9, movement was made on changes that had been forecast by First Selectman Kevin Moynihan to merge school district efforts with the town.
“We have made some progress in terms of sharing information between the town and BOE. We haven’t always done the most perfect job of doing that,” said Board of Finance member Neil Budnick, who also sits on the Selectman’s Advisory Committee on Infrastructure.
I truly love it : Martin seeks reelection as Simmons challenges him for Stamford mayor
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Stamford Mayor David Martin speaks at the Together We Stand #StamfordWelcomesImmigrants community meeting at Building One Community in Stamford, Conn. Monday, Aug. 12, 2019.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut Media
STAMFORD Mayor David Martin said he never seriously considered not running for re-election for the position he has held for seven years.
The 31st mayor of Stamford will seek to win the upcoming election for what would be his third consecutive term. If elected, he’d continue to do the job he professed to love.
“As demanding and at times frustrating as this job is, I truly love it,” he said. “We’ve accomplished a great deal. I think there is more that we can do and more that we should do, and I think I am the person who is in the best position to do that with my experience and knowledge.”