Kellogg’s budget holds line on town spending, trims increase for Monroe’s schools
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First Selectman Ken Kellogg will present a $91.5 million town budget proposal for fiscal year 2020-21 to the Town Council tonight. Read More
New agreement in place for financial oversight of Monroe public schools
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Town Council members held a special meeting Thursday to scrap an agreement for the town’s finance department to oversee Board of Education finances until February, in favor of a new one with oversight lasting until July 3. Read More
Scott fills Town Council vacancy, Monroe Bicentennial Committee created
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When Town Attorney Jeremy Hayden died suddenly in October, First Selectman Ken Kellogg asked Town Council Chairman Frank Lieto to take on the role. Read More
Council approves agreement for town finance director to oversee education finances
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Town Council members unanimously approved a memorandum of agreement Monday, allowing Finance Director Ronald Bunovsky to oversee the Board of Education’s finance office. Read More
Could one finance office handle town and education services?
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Town Council members will vote tonight on a temporary agreement for Finance Director Ronald Bunovky to share his time overseeing both the town’s and the school district’s finance departments. Read More
Monroe school district in turmoil. ‘We’re going to work through this’
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Acting Superintendent of Schools Joseph Kobza and central office staff are grappling with the budget deficit for this year, while working on next year’s spending plan, and the Board of Education is working closely with town officials to balance the books on the heels of the suspensions of superintendent Dr. Read More
Town Council mulls teachers’ contract with an 8.9 percent raise over three years
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A special Town Council meeting on the new teachers’ contract attracted close to 60 people Tuesday night, mostly educators and supporters asking for a vote approving, what they say, is a fair deal for both sides. Read More
Residents to vote on $3.6 million of bonding for public safety, infrastructure projects
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Close to $3.6 million worth of bonding can upgrade police officers’ radios, create a simulcast system for all five of Monroe’s public schools, replace old town and fire response vehicles, improve town roads and pay for self-contained breathing apparatus for firefighters. Read More
Town Council has partisan debate over openness of meetings’ second public session
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Town Council members became embroiled in heated debate over their revised Rules of Procedure when Democrat Jason Maur motioned to open up the second public participation session of meetings to anything residents want to talk about, rather than restricting it to “matters of unfinished business or new business for that day’s agenda.” Read More
Town attorney contract to be signed despite disagreements on Town Council
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Frank Lieto, who resigned from the Town Council to accept the role of town attorney after the tragic loss of Jeremy Hayden who died suddenly at his home in October, spoke of how nonpartisan the council was under his leadership as chairman at Monday’s meeting. Read More