Ridgefield's Board Of Finance Settles On $139M Total Budget

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Ridgefield's Board of Finance settles on a $139,013,087 total budget for the town and schools for 2016-17, which represents a 3 percent increase in spending over this year, according to The Ridgefield Press.

Ridgefield First Selectman Rudy Marconi
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Sandra Diamond Fox

04/09/2016 5:30 a.m.

With that, the Finance Board got next year's proposed tax increase down to 2.6 percent, according to The Ridgefield Press.

The Finance Board made a $625,000 cut to the Board of Education’s request and a $40,000 reduction to the selectmen’s budget for town departments, The Ridgefield Press said. The board added in $1.95 million from the town’s $13 million surplus fund to balance the budget, the Press said.

First Selectman Rudy Marconi thanked the board, the Press said. The budget will now go to Ridgefield's voters for approval.

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