2017-18 Budget Vote Scheduled For Region 13 School District In Durham And Middlefield

DURHAM, CT — Residents of Durham and Middlefield will have the chance to vote on the proposed 2017-18 budget for the Region 13 School District on May 2, officials announced.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the 2nd, but the night before, at 8 p.m. on May 1, the budget will be the subject of consideration during a meeting at Coginchaug Regional High School.

The proposed budget is $37,137,901, which is $432,300 over the current budget of $36,705,601, or a 1.18 percent increase. To view the complete 2017-18 school budget document, click here.

Below is the text of the notice for the May 1 meeting and May 2 vote:

Notice is hereby given to all those eligible to vote in town meetings in the member towns of Durham and Middlefield that a District Meeting of Regional School District 13 of the State of Connecticut will be held on May 1, 2017 at 8:00p.m. in the Julian Thayer Auditorium at Coginchaug Regional High School for the following purpose:

To consider the proposed budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year as prepared and presented by the Regional School District 13 Board of Education.

The meeting will be adjourned until 6:00 a.m. on May 2, 2017, when voting will take place from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m., Durham voters at the Francis E. Korn Elementary School Building, Durham; Middlefield voters at the MiddlefieldCommunity Center, Middlefield. The question to be voted on is
as follows:

Shall we accept the proposed budget of $37,137,901 for the 2017-18 fiscal year as prepared and presented by the Regional District 13 Board of Education?

At such meeting, persons present and eligible to vote under Section 7-6 of the Connecticut General Statutes may accept or reject the proposed budget.

Copies of the proposed budget will be mailed to every postal patron in Durham and Middlefield.

Robert Moore, Chairman
Regional School District 13
Board of Education
State of Connecticut

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