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Litchfield voters adopt $35.7 million budget, authorize $1.5M bond for volunteer ambulance and $4.5M for capital projects
Summary
At a May 14 town meeting, Litchfield approved a $35,726,248 town budget for 2026–27, a $1.5 million grant and bond for the Litchfield Volunteer Ambulance building, a $4.5 million CIP bond authorization, and a $500,000 STEAP grant for Wigwam Road reconstruction.
Litchfield voters approved the town’s 2026–27 budget of $35,726,248 at the Annual Budget Meeting on May 14, adopting the spending plan recommended by the Board of Finance and Board of Selectmen.
The meeting also approved a $1.5 million grant agreement to the Litchfield Volunteer Ambulance Association (LVA) for construction of a new station at 15 Woodruff Lane and adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance of $1.5 million in bonds to meet that appropriation. Town Treasurer Erich Marriot explained that the town will borrow the funds and provide them to the LVA as outlined in the grant agreement. The bond resolution was adopted by a show-of-hands vote with unanimous approval.
Separately, voters authorized $4,501,858 for the town’s 2026–27 Capital Improvement Program, including projects for the Board of Fire Commissioners and EMS, Park & Recreation and Public Works; the resolution notes that $2,111,468 of that amount is expected to be covered by grants and other town funds. The bond authorization to finance the CIP was adopted unanimously.
The meeting also accepted a $500,000 Connecticut STEAP grant for reconstruction of Wigwam Road to correct drainage issues. Public Works Director Raz Alexe told the meeting the project covers roughly one mile on the west side, including full roadway reconstruction, storm sewers and swales; if approved, a bid could be awarded by June 2 and work could begin in July.
Other formal actions included: approval of two DEEP Clean Water Act Section 319 grants for rain gardens at Litchfield Town Beach; the adoption of a resolution to accept up to $99,556 in DEEP Sustainable Materials Management funds for a pilot food/organic waste program at the Recycling Center; and a nomination (approved) of Jeffrey Zullo to serve as the town’s representative on the Aquarion Water Company Representative Policy Board.
The meeting included routine procedural business: the assembly appointed John Bongiorno as Moderator and heard the Moderator’s reading of the notice and voter eligibility requirements. Several agenda items were approved by voice vote or show of hands with no recorded roll-call tallies in the minutes. The meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
Why this matters: The budget and bond authorizations set the town’s spending and borrowing plan for the coming year and fund infrastructure projects—from road reconstruction to public-safety facilities—that will shape town services and taxes in 2026–27.
