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FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET REFERENDUM ON JULY 30, 2024

Posted on
July 30, 2024
by
Town Manager's Office
The third Fiscal Year 2025 budget referendum will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, from 8am to 8pm EST at the Pearson School. The Pearson School is located at 2 Wetmore Avenue, Winsted, CT 06098.

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The second fiscal year 2025 (FY 2025) budget that was rejected by voters at the July 2 referendum proposed total expenditures of $40,955,743 and a corresponding mill rate of 27.38. The third FY 2025 to be voted on July 30 proposes an expenditure total of $40,806,370 and a corresponding mill rate of 27.24. This translates to a .85, or 3.21%, mill rate increase from the FY 2024 mill rate of 26.39. 
 
A reduction of $149,373 was approved by the Winchester Board of Selectmen following a request from Town Manager Paul Harrington to department heads to identify items that they “can survive without” for one year. Specially, the budget amendments include:
  • Finance:                                                               $3,400 decrease
  • Assessor:                                                             $2,400 increase
  • Tax Collector:                                                     $1,800 decrease
  • Town Clerk:                                                         $1,000 decrease
  • Planning and Zoning Commission:             $300 decrease
  • Zoning Board of Appeals:                              $700 decrease
  • Inland Wetlands Commission:                     $1,000 decrease
  • Land Use:                                                            $2,650 decrease
  • Police:                                                                   $82,800 decrease
  • Fire:                                                                       $8,400 decrease
  • Highways:                                                            $24,784 decrease
  • Social Services:                                                  $34,255 decrease
  • Employee Benefits:                                          $9,316 increase
  • Net Total:                                                            $149,373 decrease
 
There is no additional decrease to the Board of Education included this third budget proposal. Additionally, the Social Service Director was reduced from full-time to part-time.