Wallingford Mayor Proposes Tax Increase for 2016-17

WALLINGFORD, CT — Wallingford Mayor William W. Dickinson Jr. has proposed a $158.27 budget for fiscal year 2016-17 that carries a 1.53 percent increase in the tax rate.

However, Dickinson said that due to a recent revaluation, in which the average residential property assessment decreased by about 4 percent, some property owners will pay less in taxes while some will pay more, according to the New Haven Register.

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Dickinson told Luther Turmelle of the Register that the revaluation has shifted the tax increases to commercial and industrial properties.

The average residential property owner will pay about $142 less in taxes than this past year, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

In his proposed budget, Dickinson reduced the Board of Education’s budget request by about $2.1 million, which represents a 2.32 percent increase over the current spending plan, according to the Record-Journal.

• Read the mayor’s entire proposed budget here.
• Read the full story at the New Haven Register here.
• Read the Record-Journal’s full story here.