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Danbury Council approves 2026-27 budget after amendment to apply new state funds and lower mill rate
Summary
The Danbury City Council on May 5 approved the city's 2026-27 appropriations ordinance after amending the property tax resolution to incorporate recently announced state revenues, a move the mayor said will lower this year's proposed mill-rate increase to under 1%.
The Danbury City Council approved the city's fiscal 2026-27 budget on May 5 after amending the tax-levy resolution to reflect additional revenue from the state of Connecticut, a change the mayor said will reduce the proposed mill-rate increase to below 1%.
Mayor Roberto Alves told the council that, now that Hartford's numbers are known, he wanted the body to amend the draft to include the state-assigned revenues and pass along the savings to taxpayers. "Now that we know what the numbers are, I am asking this council to amend the budget to include those revenues assigned to us from Hartford," the mayor said, arguing the amendment would lower…
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