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Danbury budget unveiled, includes funding for school security

Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton has proposed a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes a $7.5 million spending increase, or 3.3 percent.  Much of the increase is due to health insurance costs. Boughton has created a retirement incentive program that will de-leverage the current pension system of  millions of dollars of required payments.
 
The budget assumes that the Governor’s plan to eliminate the car tax will not take effect.  If the car tax is eliminated, the City will have an $11-million hole to fill with either higher taxes or drastic spending cuts. 
 
Boughton says as of now his proposed budget would not increase property taxes on 60-percent of residents.  There is however a 19-percent hike in the mill rate because of the state-mandated reval. 
 
The Education system will be getting an additional $3.1 million.  That funding must be used in part to pay for school security measures and mental health care.  All-day kindergarten, which was started in many elementary schools in the City, will be expanded to King Street Primary, Ellesworth Avenue and South Street Schools.
 

The budget plan includes $2.2 million for road repairs, funding for Still River dredging and patrol car replacements. 

 

25 of the 56 vacant positions in city government will go unfilled to save $2 million in spending.
 
Boughton is keeping a tax freeze in place for eligible seniors.  The sewer and water rates are not slated to increase.

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