Voters Reject 2015-16 Budget in Monroe

Monroe voters rejected a nearly $84.3 million budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year on Tuesday, the Connecticut Post reports.

The budget was rejected by just over 200 votes.

Representing an $1.8 million increase over the current year’s budget, the spending plan is 2.3 percent higher and the tax rate would have increased by 11 percent, the paper reports. Officials say the increase would be offset by a decrease in the assessed value of properties.

According to the paper, a total of 2,862 of the town’s 11,675 eligible voters voted on Tuesday.

Voters will now head back to the polls in three weeks.

Read the full story at the Connecticut Post.

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