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Meriden health director outlines FY27 budget, senior‑center CIP and grant shifts
Summary
Director of Health and Human Services Leah Crown outlined a proposed FY27 budget showing a 15% increase driven by reallocated FICA charges, overtime and moving a $30,000 evictions line into health; she also proposed a $148,887 CIP package for senior‑center doors, windows and flooring and noted a $2M recommended CIF grant for 165 Miller Street.
Leah Crown, Meriden’s Director of Health and Human Services, reviewed her department’s FY27 operating and capital requests and summarized program activity from FY26.
Crown said the department administered more than 2,500 vaccines, cleared about 1,400 students for school entry and passed a Connecticut immunization audit. For fiscal 2027 she is not requesting new headcount but is proposing line‑item shifts: FICA charges are now allocated by department, evictions ($30,000) were moved under health, and overtime increases reflect contractual nurse obligations. Those changes, plus the FICA reallocations and…
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