West Haven council adopts 2025–26 budget, sets mill rate at 25.58 and approves quarterly real‑estate payments

The West Haven City Council on May 1 approved Mayor Dorinda Borer’s recommended fiscal 2025–26 budget, set the city mill rate at 25.58 mills and authorized a separate Allingtown Fire Department levy and sewer budget while moving real‑estate and sewer tax payments to four quarterly installments.

Council action came after the clerk read a resolution authorizing the city’s expenditures and capital nonrecurring appropriations for fiscal 2025–26 and setting tax and sewer schedules. The resolution, as read into the record, authorized city expenditures and capital nonrecurring of $187,129,817, set the general mill rate at 25.58 mills and the motor vehicle mill rate at 25.58 mills; authorized Allingtown Fire Department expenditures of $9,690,048 and set the…