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Cromwell Board of Education approves 6.25% budget increase after vote on electricity estimate for new middle school
Summary
The Cromwell Board of Education voted to raise the district'wide budget increase to 6.25% after agreeing to add $209,887 for electricity at the new middle school and recording a $44,612 pension saving; the motion passed at the regular meeting.
The Cromwell Board of Education voted to increase the district'wide proposed budget to a 6.25% year-over-year increase, approving an adjustment that adds $209,887 to the electricity line for the new middle school and reduces a pension estimate by $44,612.
The board approved the change after a discussion about the timing of planned solar-panel installations at the new middle school and the uncertainty about when they would begin producing savings. Chris Butwell, the district's director of finance, told the board the panels are unlikely to be installed and producing meaningful savings before the start of the next school year, and recommended budgeting for full electricity costs without assuming immediate solar offsets. "If we did not have solar…
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