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Monroe budget proposed

Monroe First Selectman Ken Kellogg has proposed a budget with a 3.2 percent increase.  The proposed Board of Ed budget includes a 4.75 percent increase.  The  projected tax rate increase is 1.84 percent.  While the pandemic has subsided, he notes that it continues to create budgetary pressures. Increased costs of supplies and services due to vendor supply chain challenges, labor shortages, and significant surges in fuel costs are directly impacting Monroe.  Kellogg says this, along with contractual wage increases and the anticipated escalation in healthcare insurance premiums, are major cost drivers. These factors are also impacting the school system, which also has increased enrollment. Using American Rescue Plan Act grant funds, in concert with motor vehicle grand list growth that is likely temporary, allows for flexibility in funding projects for this upcoming fiscal year.  Over a million dollars in capital project spending, without the need for bonding, has been proposed.  The  annual budget referendum is slated for May 3.

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