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First Selectwoman presents budget pitched as 'efficiency first' after $800,000 state revenue drop
Summary
First Selectwoman Ann Marie Dragonis presented a proposed budget that trims earlier requests to roughly a 2.9% town-side increase, citing an $800,000 loss in motor-vehicle reimbursement, $302,193 of unfunded state mandates to the town, and a list of deferred capital projects. She outlined personnel, equipment and capital needs and set dates for deliberations and public hearing.
First Selectwoman Ann Marie Dragonis told the Board of Selectpersons the proposed budget was built around one guiding principle: "efficiency first." She said departments were asked to review spending carefully and to focus on essential services while absorbing rising costs and changes in state funding.
Dragonis highlighted three budget drivers: an immediate need to fill staffing gaps (including adding a full-time assessor in preparation for a revaluation), a shortfall in patrol vehicles and equipment for public safety, and what she described as a roughly $800,000 annual loss in motor-vehicle tax reimbursement from the state. “Seymour previously received $800,000 annually from this program. Not anymore,” she said, adding the budget must absorb that reduction while maintaining services.
She also quantified…
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