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1. What is the Town’s mill rate?

The mill rate for fiscal year 2015-16 is 26.77 mils, up .50 mills from 2014 - 15

2. What is the size of the Town’s Budget?

The adopted 2015 - 2016 Town budget totals $16,582,487. This compares to $16,065,128 in 2014 - 2015 or an increase of 3.22%.

3. How much money does the Town receive from the State of Connecticut?

In 2015 - 16, the Town is expected to receive about $7.8 million or approximately 16% of its operating budget from the State of Connecticut. Of this amount the largest grant is form the Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant which totals $6.6 million.

4. How much is the budget of the Board of Education and what percent is it of the total budget?

The Education budget is $32.7 million and comprises 66% of the total budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

5. When will the Town audit be available?

The Town audits for periods ending June 30 and several previous years are available online. Each year, the Town audit report for the period ending June 30 will be available after December 31.