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Bridgeport council adopts new mill rates and approves $10,000 CDBG reallocation
Summary
The council voted to set the real/property mill rate at 27.95 and the motor-vehicle mill rate at 31.75 after suspending rules for immediate consideration; the body also approved an amendment transferring $10,000 from the Cabaret Theater allocation to Ortiz Boxing within the CDBG program.
On May 18 the Bridgeport City Council voted to adopt new tax rates and to approve an amendment to community development block grant (CDBG) allocations.
The council first voted to suspend the rules for immediate consideration of item 7525, citing the charter requirement that the mill rate be set within seven days of final budget action. Following discussion, council members adopted item 7525 setting the real and personal property mill rate at 27.95 and the motor-vehicle mill rate at 31.75. The motion passed by voice vote with members indicating "I." Members described the vote as a historically low mill rate and discussed its significance for the city’s tax competitiveness.
Later in the agenda the council considered item 38-25, the special committee report on the Community Development Block Grant and related federal programs. Councilwoman Martinez moved to amend the item by removing $10,000 from the Cabaret Theater allocation and adding $10,000 to Ortiz Boxing. The amendment passed by voice vote and the council then adopted item 38-25 as amended.
Other procedural actions taken that evening included ordering a public hearing for OPED-related item 7125 on June 1, tabling agenda item 46 (community development block grant matter scheduled later), and adjourning after the committee votes.
The city clerk’s records will show the votes taken by voice and the adopted items; the meeting transcript does not record a roll-call tally for each motion.
