Brookfield has set the budget referendum date as May 17th.  The town operating budget is proposed at $29 million.  The Board of Education is seeking $48.7 million.  First Selectwoman Tara Carr says getting to those numbers wasn't easy, but thanked her colleagues for working through it.  She notes that initial budget projections for the  mill rate were above 5 percent, but they were able to bring the increase to 3.15 percent, in line with what several other surrounding towns are expecting.  In addition to the advisory questions of too high, too low or adequate, there's also a question on the Brookfield ballot asking residents if the town should appropriate $8.27 million for Capital Improvement Projects.