Madison News Roundup

Madison, CT voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, July 27, to vote yes or no on the proposed 2010-2011 town budget, having twice voted down previous budget proposals.

Residents will be asked to approve a budget of $19,878,581, after voting down a proposed budget of $20, 343, 679 on June 14, a budget that had been pared by $378,000 after it failed in the first referendum on May 18. Voters approved an education budget of $50,336, 184 at the second referendum after defeating the original proposal of $50,472,164.

The budget proposal to be voted on Tuesday includes savings achieved by eliminating the director of senior services position, delaying the hiring of a new police officer, delaying the opening of the senior center, and cutting back other maintenance and capital improvement projects.

View a summary of the budget changes here.

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