Residents in New Fairfield have approved a budget by about 2-to-1.  The municipal budget was approved by a slightly larger margin than the Board of Education budget.  The Mill Rate increase is little more than 1-percent. This budget includes the addition of EMT paramedics, a permanent School Resource Officer position and a public works employee for preventative maintenance.  There will be SROs in all four New Fairfield schools.  These additions account for approximately 31-percent of the total municipal budget increase over last year’s budget.