Bethel residents will be voting next week on a proposed $67million budget.  At a town meeting this week, residents opted to send the $26 million municipal budget and $40.9 million school budget to a referendum on Thursday May 16th. 

First Selectman Matt Knickerbocker says the budget represents a 2.9 percent spending increase.

Funding was added back into the budget by the Board of Finance for seven non-profit agencies including Meals on Wheels, WeCahr and Ability Beyond Disability.

Knickerbocker says there is money for school security upgrades and adds an instructor to the Junior ROTC program.