COMMON COUNCIL - SPECIAL MEETING -- workshop: budget session 3

Middletown Common Council Workshop · April 20, 2026

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Assessor presents budget and staffing needs

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Damon Brush, Assessor for the City of Middletown, explained he could not meet the mayor's requested 5% budget reduction because contractual increases and licensing raised non-salary costs; he said after removing salaries the remaining budget is about $76,437 with only roughly $29,000 discretionary and asked council to restore an $80,970 benefits line and to fund start-up for the 2027 revaluation (requested $200,000). He warned that cutting clerical staff would seriously degrade service levels (over 8,000 phone calls and 8,500 emails annually) and described a longstanding vacant assistant-asss,

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Middletown common council workshop focused on department budget presentations including the assessor, cemetery volunteers, central communications (911), recreation and senior services, police, public works, and the school district; major themes were staffing shortfalls, contractual cost pressures, and capital projects funded by recent bonds and grants.

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