BOE request cut by $1 million, town to vote on budget May 12

written by Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press | April 7, 2010

AVON, April 7 – Avon’s Board of Finance has voted to present a $72.87 million town budget for voters to approve in the upcoming budget referendum on May 12. The proposed budget would require taxes to rise 4.4 percent and represents a 2.8 percent increase in spending.

The vote was along party lines with five Republicans voting for the proposal and two Democrats opposing it.

The Board of Finance ordered the Board of Education to reduce its proposed budget by $1.05 million to $45.9 million. That reduces the BOE’s proposed increase in its budget from 6.91 percent to 4.5 percent.

On April 5, about 1,000 residents marched in support of the BOE’s original proposal and had hoped that town voters would get the chance to vote on the proposal.