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First selectwoman: governor’s aid flat; town would need $3 million in cuts to hold taxes
Summary
At a May 4 hearing the first selectwoman presented governor’s preliminary aid numbers and warned that to avoid a tax increase Seymour would need about $3 million in cuts; board members discussed permit revenue gains and redevelopment constraints at the Tritown plaza.
The town’s preliminary revenue outlook presented May 4 left Seymour officials confronting a projected shortfall that First Selectwoman Amory said would require deep cuts to avoid raising the mill rate.
"In order to have a zero rate increase in taxes, zero change in your mill rate, you need to cut $3 million from your budget," the first selectwoman said after reviewing governor's preliminary state-aid estimates. She told the board she had already identified $1.5 million in reductions. The board heard state estimates for property-in-lieu payments, motor vehicle tax allocations and education cost-sharing (education cost-sharing was…
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