Redding residents have approved a budget plan for the coming fiscal year.  Residents approved the $47.53 million budget, a 1.3-percent increase, on Tuesday. 

The $13-million municipal allocation and the $21.7 million for Redding Schools was approved by 35 votes.  $12-million for the town's share of the Region 9 budget was also approved. 

Redding's share of the budget for Joel Barlow High School is higher this year because of a shift in enrollment.  More Redding students are attending Barlow while Easton's population at the school is decreasing. 

In response to the shootings in Newtown, Redding has added money in the budget for a school resource officer to serve the elementary and middle schools.