Pomfret residents OK both budgets
POMFRET — It was standing room only at Pomfret’s 312th Annual Town Meeting. Close to 300 residents approved the 2025-2026 General Government and Board of Education budgets. The mill rate increase on the median home in Pomfret will be $740 per year.
The General Government budget passed by a vote of 210 yes to 72 no. The budget is $3,437,510, an increase of $54,414 or 1.61 percent over the current fiscal year.
The education budget passed by 190 yes to 92 no. The $11,722,872 spending plan is a 3.72 percent increase of $371,633. The ballot had advisory questions and space for comments for the Board of Finance.
Because of the revaluation the mill rate went up to 20.74. The mill rate was reduced by almost a mill by using funds from the Board of Education non-lapsing fund and the Town’s general fund in the amount of $455,000.00.
First Selectman Maureen Nicholson said "This was a difficult budget year and I’m sure future budgets will be challenging. We have to start now to find ways to control future spending. The tax increases are not sustainable.”
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