Politics & Government
Following Voter Route, Avon Budgets Go To Hearing: UPDATE
Avon officials will conduct a public hearing slated for Tuesday, May 28, with a second vote set for June 7.
AVON, CT — Following the voter demolition of proposed town/school spending plans for 2024-25 earlier this month, Avon has reset its budget season, a process that continues with a special budget hearing on Tuesday, May 28.
On Monday, May 20, the boards of selectmen, finance, and education hosted a special budget workshop to address the town/education spending plan rejected at the polls the week prior.
Residents have one more chance to comment on the budget at a Tuesday, May 28, Avon Board of Finance hearing at the Avon Senior Center, 635 West Avon Road, and live-streamed via GotoMeeting.
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That live stream is available at the following address: https://meet.goto.com/708668213 or by phone by dialing 1-866-899-4679 and entering access code 708-668-213.
Following the hearing, the board of finance will meet to finalize the budget for the second referendum. This special meeting will be held at the Senior Center and live-streamed.
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Earlier this month, voters resoundingly shot down a $116.09 million town/school budget that would have upped taxes by an average of more than 3 percent.
The vote was 299 "yes" votes to 1,378 "no" votes.
Voter turnout exceeded the 9 percent, charter-mandated threshold for a vote to be valid on the budget. It was 12.4 percent.
How those budgets would have impacted individual taxpayers depended on the new, post-revaluation assessments.
The 2024 tax rate was proposed to be 30.34, which is less than the current 35.39 mill rate.
Because of the recently completed revaluation, it doesn't mean taxes would have decreased even though the proposed mill rate would have been much smaller.
The Town of Avon had set up a web page that allowed taxpayers to calculate their tax bill based on that proposed 2024-25 budget going to voters.
What happens next, according to the town, is locked in by the town charter.
As a result, a second budget vote will be held on Friday, June 7, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Avon Senior Center located at 635 West Avon Road.
Absentee ballots will be available in the Avon Town Clerk’s office beginning Wednesday, May 29.
For more information about what happens next regarding Avon's budget process, click on this link.
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