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Salomone said he d like to compete a review by next week. That would be the best for the council and the taxpayer to see it up front, Salomone said.
An item on the meeting agenda read: “An effort to reduce the general fund budget or to identify additional or alternate possible sources of revenue to reach a target reduction figure of 3%.” The resolution was sponsored by the council s three Republicans: Mayor Peter Nystrom, Bill Nash and Stacy Gould.
But the Democrats were hesitant to place more work on Salomone and his office and felt that a call to reduce the budget would contradict a resolution passed unanimously earlier in the evening increasing funding for the city clerk and tax offices.
NORWICH - City officials held the first public hearing for the proposed 2021-2022 budget Thursday evening, with a trio of residents urging aldermen to not raise taxes.
When the 2021-2022 budget was first proposed, City Manager John Salomone called increasing the initial proposed increase from 2% at the start of the 2020-2021 budget season to 2.5% this budget season generous.
But Norwich Superintendent Kirsten Stringfellow said the city needs to return to the 3.95% increase the city approved in the final 2020-2021 budget because she wants to be able to count on consistent investment from the city.
But Marvin Serruto, who spoke at the hearing, pointed out the expense of education. He calculated that Norwich on average spends more than $25,000 per student yearly.