A public hearing is being held in Brookfield Tuesday night about the proposed budget.  The Brookfield Board of Finance approved a $63.2 million budget last month.  The proposal is a 2.45 percent increase in taxes. 

The Board of Education portion of the budget is $40.4 million, a little more than 2-percent increase in spending over the current fiscal year.  A new math program, elimination of pay-to-play and a filling several teaching and administrative positions left vacant since the recession would be covered by the increase.

There is a slight increase in the $22.8 million municipal budget proposal.  Some of that increase is for a community development specialist and for a purchasing agent, portable classrooms for Huckleberry Hill Elementary School and for an overhaul of the town's zoning laws. 

The public hearing Tuesday is at 7pm in Brookfield Town Hall Room 133.