Monroe Budget Referendum: 2017 Voter's Guide

MONROE, CT — With statewide cuts to municipal aid looming, residents will hit the polls for the 2017 budget referendum.

Residents will take to all four polling places in town to rule on a $82.8 million budget. Gov. Dannel Malloy's proposed cuts to the Education Cost Sharing formula had town officials on high alert during the budget process.

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Voting details

Polls will be open from 6a.m. to 8 p.m.

Polling places

The following are the four polling places in Monroe. The numbers indicate districts:

1. Fawn Hollow School
2. Stepney Elementary School
3. Monroe Elementary School
4. Masuk High School

If you do not know your polling location, you can find out by entering your information here.

Budget Details

Residents will be deciding on the approval of a budget which represents a 0.26 percent decrease than the current budget.

Here are the most prominent features:

• A tax increase of 2.82 percent
• A projected mill rate increase of 2.17 percent
• A projected mill rate for real estate and personal property of 35.76
• $28.2 million in actual municipal expenditures, which equals a 6.23 percent decrease from the prior year budget.
• A $54.6 million Board of Education budget, equaling a zero percent increase from the previous year.

You can view the complete town budget by clicking here.

According to a report from the Monroe Courier, the town was not considering Gov. Malloy's plan to shift 1/3 of teacher pensions to municipalities. However, House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz told the Hartford Courant that the Governor's plan is unlikely to pass.

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