MONROE, CT — Absentee ballots are available in the Town Clerk’s Office of Monroe Town Hall for those unable to vote in person during the town budget referendum, to be held from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. at St. Jude School on Tuesday, May 6.
In addition to its regular hours, the office will offer extended hours for absentee ballots today (Thursday) until 7 p.m. The last day to vote by absentee ballot will be Monday, May 5, until 4:30 p.m.
The Town Clerk’s Office’s regular hours are Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Connecticut law allows you to receive an absentee ballot if, in your judgement, an absence from your town on Election Day prevents you from appearing at your polling place, or you are prevented from appearing at your assigned polling place on Election Day because of sickness or physical disability (not necessarily your sickness or disability), active service in the Military, religious tenets forbid secular activity on the day of the election, duties as an election official at a polling place other than your own during all of the hours of voting.
Monroe budget proposal
Voters will decide on a $108.19 million town budget at referendum on Tuesday, May 6. It includes a 3.92 percent spending increase over the current budget.
The $108,190,824 town budget proposal for fiscal year 2025-26 includes $74,700,763 for education, which is a 4.53 percent increase over the current $71,464,259 spending plan.
Municipal spending would rise from $31,873,849 to $32,523,469 or by 2.04 percent. The budget also includes $966,593 in contingency and other appropriations.
The estimated mill rate is 28.67. Individual tax bills can be calculated by multiplying one’s assessed property value by the mill rate and then dividing by 1,000.
To reduce the impact of the state-mandated revaluation on taxpayers, the proposed mill rate was lowered from 38.27 to 28.67 mills and $4 million will be used from the undesignated fund balance.
All in-person voting will be at St. Jude, 707 Monroe Turnpike, regardless of voting district.
For this Budget Referendum, if you are not a Monroe resident, but own at least $1,000 worth of property in Monroe and are a U.S. citizen 18 years or older, you may vote off the grand list at Town Hall.
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