Darien Selectmen Tighten Next Year's Town Budget: Report

DARIEN, CT — The Board of Selectmen Tuesday approved a proposed budget for 2018-19 at $45,689,237, which represents a 1.05 percent decrease in spending from the current year's allocation. Click here to view the proposed budget.

The Selectmen's proposal is for town services only and does not include proposed spending by the Board of Education next year, which exceeds $98.1 million, reports the Darien News.

Among the spending requests trimmed by the Selectmen included a proposal by the police department to add three new dispatchers, according to the publication.

Both the town and eduction budgets will be reviewed by the Board of Finance in March and must receive final approval by the Representative Town Meeting in the spring.

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