Ridgefield Voters Approve Town, School Budgets

RIDGEFIELD, CT -- Voters approved everything on the budget ballots Tuesday by wide margins. A low voter turnout is being attributed to the severe storms that hit the region.

Given the green light in the referendum were:

• The $47.5-million town budget
• The $95-million school budget
• The $1,840,000 for roads and infrastructure
• The $1,350,000 for renovations at the Venus Building
• The $570,000 for a new parking lot in the village
• The $508,000 for roof replacements, building repairs and a study of drainage problems in the village
• The $886,000 for a fire department pumper-tanker and a highway department plow truck
• The $949,000 for school capital improvements

All told, the new budget will mandate a 1.8 percent tax increase.

For more, see The Ridgefield Press.