New Milford Town Council Revises Budget Proposal

NEW MILFORD, CT -- The Town Council revised the budget downwards at a meeting Monday night, following voter rejection of the previous proposal last Tuesday. The $38.3 million town budget passed, but the schools’ $63.3 million budget failed. This sent the entire proposal back to Town Council.

The new proposal includes $38.1 million for the town, which is $102,000 less than approved on last week's referendum. The new proposal keeps the school budget at $63.3 million, but draws only around $496,000 from the undesignated fund, instead of the $1.2 million from the original proposal.

Net-net, this all adds up to a tax increase of about 2.6 percent, down from the rejected proposal of 3.87 percent.

Voters will have their say on the the new referendum June 5.

Read more in the News-Times.