Ridgefield residents have approved a budget for the coming fiscal year, along with all capital projects on the ballot.  There was about a 17-percent voter turnout Tuesday.  The $46.7 million municipal budget was approved by more than a thousand votes. 

The $90.4 million school budget was only approved by 16 votes, two shy of a mandatory recount. 

The Board of Finance set the mill rate for the coming fiscal year at 26.69, a 2.63 percent increase over the current year. 

Highway Department equipment, East Ridge Middle School roof repairs and the school portion of the public safety radio system were among the funding questions also gaining approval by Ridgefield residents during the referendum yesterday.