SINCE 1815

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TOWN OF GRISWOLD

ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING

Notice and warning is hereby given to the Legal Voters of the Town of Griswold and those Property Owners qualified to vote in Town Meetings pursuant to Section 7-1 of the Connecticut General Statutes that the Annual Budget Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 6:00p.m. at the Griswold Middle School Cafeteria, 211 Slater Avenue, Griswold, CT to consider and take action on the following items as indicated below:

1. To authorize the Board of Selectmen to expend the monies received from the State of Connecticut under Town Aid Roads for fiscal year 2018.
2. To hear the Board of Finance’s estimate of Revenues and Expenditures for the fiscal year 2018.
3. To consider and take action on the General Government budget for fiscal year 2018 in the amount of $8,520,346 as recommended by the Board of Finance at their meeting held June 20, 2017.
4. To consider and take action on the Board of Education budget for fiscal year 2018 in the amount of $26,982,909 as recommended by the Board of Finance at their meeting held June 20, 2017. Notice and warning is further given that the questions of whether to approve the amounts of the proposed appropriations, as set by the Annual Budget Meeting, be adjourned to a date set by the Annual Budget Meeting, such date to be not less than seven (7) days nor more than fourteen (14) days after the Annual Budget Meeting, for a YES or NO vote on the Voting Machines. The Optical Scan Voting Machines will be located at the following Polling Places:                                                                                                                                        District #1:  Griswold Town Hall, 28 Main Street, Griswold, CT.                                               District #2:  Pachaug Town Hall, 879 Voluntown Road, Griswold, CT.
5. At the recommendation of the Board of Finance, there will be advisory questions on the ballot: Is the General Government budget too high? Is  the  General  Government budget too low? Is the Board of Education budget too high? Is the Board of Education budget too low?
6. To consider and take action on the following Resolution:                                              RESOLVED: That the date and hours of the Vote by Optical Scan Voting Machines on the appropriations proposed by the Annual Budget Meeting for FY 2018, shall be Tuesday, July 11, 2017, between the hours of 6:00 am and 8:00 pm.

Dated at Griswold, Connecticut this 23rd day of June, 2017.

Kevin Skulczyck, First Selectman                        Legal Notice cont'd - 2nd page

Steve Merchant Sr., Second Selectman               Budget analysis

Martin McKinney, Third Selectman                      BOF 17-18 proposed budget

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BOROUGH NOTICE

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