Avon's 2024-25 Budget Plan, How Will It Impact You?

AVON, CT — With Avon set to have its annual budget meeting on Monday, May 6, en route to a May 15 referendum May, taxpayers have a way to figure out their tax bills should the budgets pass.

The Town of Avon has set up a web page that allows taxpayers to calculate their tax bill based on the proposed 2024-25 budget that will go to voters later this month.

And, because of the recently completed revaluation, it doesn't mean that taxes will decrease even though the proposed mill rate is much smaller than a year ago.

All people need to do is fill in a few blanks on the online calculator and they will know exactly how the proposed town/school budgets.

The Avon Board of Finance has estimated that taxes, on average, will go up by 3.3 percent for most.

The budget will be up for discussion at the annual budget meeting, which is slated for Monday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at the Avon Free Public Library's community room, 281 Country Club Road.

According to the latest budget figures, the total combined town/school budget is $116.08 million, a 5.44 percent increase in spending or nearly $6 million larger.

That spending plan includes a $31.06 million town operating budget (4.25 percent larger) and a $72.28 million education budget (4.9 percent larger).

Monday's meeting is not when the spending plans will be decided, but it gives folks one last chance to see the budget and comment about it.

The meeting then will adjourn to a referendum on May 15, where voters have the final say at the polls, which will be at the Avon Senior Center.

How those budgets will impact individual taxpayers depends on the new, post-revaluation assessments.

If one's property values escalated, the taxes could still be much higher despite the mill rate decrease.

Currently, the 2024 tax rate is proposed to be 30.34, which is less than the current 35.39 mill rate.

In addition to going to the annual meeting in person, residents can also watch it remotely via live stream, though virtual comments will not be possible.

To view the meeting from a computer, tablet, or smartphone, click on this link. To access the meeting via telephone, call 1-866-899-4679 (U.S. toll-free) and use the access code: 174-221-533.

For more information on all of Avon's 2024-24 town/school budget proposals, click on this link.

To calculate how the 2024-25 budgets will impact your taxes in Avon, click on this link.