Task force on budget continues to ponder cuts
The city continues to face an estimated $7.5 million deficit in the next fiscal year, and the Mayor’s Task Force on Budget and Efficiency is still garnering up ideas and suggestions on ways to save the...
View ArticleCity gets surprise reimbursement, 10 years in the works
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER The city found out last week it will be reimbursed for high school renovation projects that happened more than 10 years ago. At last week’s Mayors Task Force on Budget...
View ArticleBristol schools to seek $107.7 million budget
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER Before work sessions, and a full Board of Education discussion on the package, Superintendent of Schools Ellen Solek is proposing a $107.7 million school budget for the...
View ArticleCity budget season in full swing
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER Budget season for the next fiscal year has already begun in Bristol, with the Board of Finance hearing from city departments on financial requests for the coming year....
View ArticleHospitals take fight over budget to capitol
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER HARTFORD– Hundreds of hospital workers attended Hospital Day at the state capital to advocate for hospital funding that is expected to be cut under the governor’s...
View Article$180.7 million budget passes joint board muster
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER The $180.7 million budget for the next fiscal year passed in a 12-3 vote last week at a joint board meeting of the City Council and finance board, with three Republican...
View ArticleSpecial BOE meeting on Wednesday for budget, all day kindergarten
The Bristol Board of Education will consider the superintendent of schools proposed budget for the next fiscal year, on Wednesday, March 12, at 7 p.m. at its administrative building at 129 Church St....
View ArticleSchool chief tells financiers full-day K ‘crucial’
By KAITLYN NAPLES STAFF WRITER While it is unclear whether the Board of Education will see the budget increase it is requesting, Superintendent of Schools Ellen Solek passionately expressed how...
View ArticleFinanciers OK 2014-15 budget
If city leaders approve the proposed budget for the next fiscal year, residents would see an increase on their property tax bills. Last Tuesday, the Finance Board unanimously approved a budget totaling...
View ArticleSchool budget deficit shrink; TIF plan update
By TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The Board of Finance met on Tuesday, Aug. 28, and heard from the Board of Education and the Bristol Development Authority. BOE reported its deficit has...
View ArticleFinance board sets down budget timeline
By TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The Board of Finance approved the budget calendar for fiscal year 2019-20 put forth by City Comptroller, Diane Waldron, and her office. As of the November...
View ArticleGrand list sees increases across board
TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The City of Bristol has released the 2019 grand list, which saw net increases in real estate, personal property, and motor vehicles, as well as an increase of...
View ArticleMayor lays out priorities
TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER Mayor Ellen Zoppo-Sassu released her legislative priorities for the City of Bristol, a list of bills in the Connecticut House and Senate that she feels mirror...
View Article3.6 percent budget hike up for approval
By TAYLOR MURCHISON -GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The Board of Finance met on Tuesday, April 23, to approve the $200.6 million-plus fiscal year 2019/20 budget recommendations that calls for a 3.6 percent tax...
View Article3.19% budget hike approved by city
TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The City Council and Board of Finance approved the 2019-2020 general fund budget of $200,614,740, with a mill rate of 38.05, at the joint meeting held on Monday,...
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Council wraps up 2019 business
TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER The town council wrapped up business for 2019 at their last meeting of the year on Monday, Dec. 16, and they had a lot on the agenda. The council discussed the...
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Budget: Superintendent asks for 3.11% increase for 2020-21 budget
Timothy F. Connellan, Superintendent of Schools200 North Main Street, Southington, CT 06489Phone (860) 628-3202 Fax (860) 628-3205 SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER The superintendent of schools made his...
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Budget talks focus on capital improvements
Plainville superintendent Steven LePage shares the BOE’s budget goals for the upcoming budget. TAYLOR MURCHISON-GALLAGHER STAFF WRITER Plainville officials are now working diligently on the town...
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School budget: New budget process put to the test
SHERIDAN ROY STAFF WRITER Last week, the board of education saw a presentation of the superintendent’s budget proposal. It features an increase of 3.1% or about $3 million. Now, the board of finance...
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Editorial: A good start to budget season
Maybe we’re reading too much into it, but we could almost feel the defensiveness in his voice when Southington superintendent Timothy Connellan presented his budget proposal at the Jan. 9 board of...
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