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MONROE, CT — Voters approved a $93 million town budget proposal for fiscal year 2021-22 by a vote of 917 to 822 at Tuesday’s referendum, according to the unofficial results. Read More
MONROE, CT — Polls are open until 8 p.m. and residents coming home from work, logging off from home, or getting up off their couch to vote could be the difference in the $93 million town budget proposal, which carries a 2.48 percent tax rate increase, passing or going down to defeat. Read More
To the Editor:
As expected, the upcoming fiscal year budget was a challenge, to say the least. Roughly one year ago, immediately after the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared, our annual budget referendum was cancelled by executive order of the Governor.
MONROE, CT — Taxpayers will decide on a $93 million town budget proposal with a 2.48 percent increase to the tax rate when they go to the polls during this Tuesday’s referendum, one year after the governor’s executive order at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic had taken away that right. Read More
MONROE, CT — Town officials reluctantly bypassed Monroe’s annual budget referendum to follow Gov. Ned Lamont’s executives orders compelling them to authorize the Board of Finance to adopt a budget and set the tax rate. Read More
MONROE, Conn. — Monroe has a history of contentious budget battles, with it taking over five referendum votes for townspeople to adopt a fiscal plan some years. Read More