Brookfield Annual Town Meeting for Town & School Budget Tomorrow at BHS

Brookfield Annual Town Meeting for the Town and School Budget for FY 2024 - 2025. 

The legal voters of the Town of Brookfield, and those entitled to vote therein, are hereby warned and notified to meet at the Brookfield High School Auditorium at 45 Long Meadow Hill Road, Brookfield, Connecticut on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., for the following purposes, to wit:

1. To consider, but not to finally vote upon, the appropriations recommended by the Board of Finance of the Town of Brookfield for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025. Said appropriations are in the total amount of Eighty-Seven Million Four Hundred Five Thousand and Five Hundred Ninety-Seven Dollars ($87,405,597) consisting of the sum of Fifty-Two Million Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand and Five Hundred Ninety-Seven Dollars ($52,896,597) for the Board of Education portion of the Budget and the sum of Thirty-Four Million Five Hundred and Nine Thousand Dollars ($34,509,000) for the Town Government portion of the Budget.
2. To consider and vote upon a Resolution setting the date and time for a vote by voting machine on the Budget for the Town of Brookfield, as recommended by the Board of Finance, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025. Said machine vote is required pursuant to the provisions of a Resolution adopted by the Board of Selectmen on April 3, 2024. The Selectmen have recommended Tuesday, May 21, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., as the date and time for said machine vote. The questions to be voted upon shall be as follows:Shall the Town of Brookfield appropriate the sum of $52,896,597 for the Board of Education portion of the Town Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025?
3. YES ( ) NO ( )Non-Binding Advisory Questions:Is the School Operating Budget in the amount of $52,896,597
4. TOO HIGH ( ) ADEQUATE ( ) TOO LOW ( )Shall the Town of Brookfield appropriate the sum of $34,509,000 for the Town Government portion of the Town Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025?
5. YES ( ) NO ( )Non-Binding Advisory Questions:Is the Town Operating Budget in the amount of $34,509,000
6. TOO HIGH ( ) ADEQUATE ( ) TOO LOW ( )
7. Report of Town Treasurer.
8. To do any and all things which may be legally necessary or appropriate to accomplish the above-named purposes.

BE IT RESOLVED:

1. That the vote on the Annual Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, is hereby submitted to the electors and voters of the Town of Brookfield for a machine vote. This action is taken pursuant to the provisions of Section C8-3 of the Charter of the Town of Brookfield.
2. That at the machine vote on said Annual Budget, pursuant to the provisions of Section C9-1 of the Charter of the Town of Brookfield, the following questions shall be submitted to the voters:Shall the Town of Brookfield appropriate the sum of $52,896,597 for the Board of Education portion of the Town Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025?
3. YES ( ) NO ( )Shall the Town of Brookfield appropriate the sum of $34,509,000 for the Town Government portion of the Town Budget for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025?
4. YES ( ) NO ( )Non-Binding Advisory Questions:Is the School Operating Budget in the amount of $52,896,597
5. TOO LOW____ ADEQUATE____ TOO HIGH____Is the Town Operating Budget in the amount of $34,509,000
6. TOO LOW____ ADEQUATE____ TOO HIGH____
7. That the date of Tuesday, May 21, 2024, between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., is hereby set as the date and time for the machine vote on the Annual Budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.

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