Politics & Government

Woodbury Officials Discuss Mill Rate Options

Two meetings are taking place this week, to tend to the matter of the Woodbury town budget and mill rate.

The Woodbury Board of Finance agreed on three things at the Monday, July 29, meeting: 

  • The town budget will not be passed by August 1.
  • The Board of Selectmen will have to set the mill rate.
  • And the budget will have to be presented to the voters again. 

Ultimately, the finance board also agreed upon this course of action: To recommend to the selectmen that they establish a mill rate at last year's level, to keep the town budget flat and then add in the Region 14 budget that was approved at a May 7 referendum.

The Board of Selectmen scheduled a special meeting for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, in the Shove Conference Room, to set the mill rate for fiscal year 2013-14. 

The current mill rate is 23 mills. Finance board member Charles Bartlett initially wanted to set the mill rate at 23.5 mills.

"I believe we need to have enough money, a tax levy, to cover the school budget at least for the year," he said. 

Finance Board Chairman Bill Butterly said he intends to schedule a meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday, August 1, in the Shove Conference Room, to discuss potential cuts to the municipal budget.

"And you can order pizza, because it's going to be a long meeting," said board member Deb Fuller.

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