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Middletown council adopts 2025 budget amid rising pension and health costs
Summary
Mayor presented the proposed 2025 budget showing operations rising from about $7.4M to $8.2M, citing pension (+8.8%) and health-insurance (+18.81%) increases and adding ambulance costs into the operating budget; the Common Council adopted the 2025 budget by roll call.
The Middletown Common Council adopted the city's 2025 budget following a presentation by the mayor that highlighted rising personnel and benefit costs and changes to how ambulance service is funded.
Mayor DeStefano said the operations budget increased from about $7.4 million to roughly $8.2 million, driven by higher pension obligations (an 8.8% increase) and an 18.81% rise in health-insurance costs. The mayor said the city has 220…
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