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ProspectCT News
May 6, 2008
Voters today rejected the 2008-2009 Region 16 School Budget. Prospect voters approved the budget by 62 votes, while Beacon Falls voted no by a margin of 212 votes. The vote totals are listed below. After review and possible review by the Region 16 Board of Education, a new budget will be presented to voters in 2-4 weeks.
| Yes Votes | No Votes | Total Votes | |
| Prospect | 432 | 371 | 803 |
| Beacon Falls | 215 | 427 | 642 |
| Totals | 647 | 798 | 1,425 |
May 5, 2008
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May 1, 2008
A petition drive by voters has changed the vote on the 2008-2009 School Budget from an in-person vote at the District meeting to a machine vote in both Prospect and Beacon Falls. All voting in Prospect will be at Community school, regtardless of you voting district. You can review the proposed 2008-2009 School Budget here. The budget represents $1,838,194 more than this years budget. The mill rate is set in May, after both the Town and the Region 16 school budget is approved. At this time the combined budgets are used to set the mill rate. Each mill of taxes generates approximately $785,000 of tax revenue. The Region 16 School budget budget is currently estimated to require an additional $700,000 from Prospect. A rough estimate for tax increases would estimate $1,100,000 of new town and school spending, offset by $300,000 of grand list growth and new state revenue, requiring approximately one mill tax increase. One mill tax increase corresponds to $150 new taxes on a $150,000 assessed property.
April 23, 2008
The 36.5 Million Regional 16 School Budget will be presented at a District meeting May 5, 2008. The District meeting will be at Laurel Ledge elementary school in Beacon Falls. A paper vote was planned planned to approve or disapprove at this meeting, by paper ballot (See later petition drive May 1). You can review the proposed 2008-2009 School Budget here.
April 17, 2008
The 6.9 Million Town Government budget will be presented at a Town meeting May 1, 2008. You can review the proposed 2008-2009 Town Budget here. The budget represents approximately $400,000 more than this years budget. You can also see the 2008-2009 Revenue Estimates to see where the money comes from. The mill rate is set in May, after the Region 16 school budget is approved. At this time the combined budgets are used to set the mill rate. Each mill of taxes generates approximately $785,000 of tax revenue. The Region 16 School budget budget is currently estimated to require an additional $700,000. A rough estimate for tax increases would estimate $1,100,000 of new town and school spending, offset by $300,000 of grand list growth and new state revenue, requiring approximately one mill tax increase. One mill tax increase corresponds to $150 new taxes on a $150,000 assessed property.
January 1, 2008
The Recycling Schedule
for 2008 has been posted here.
Know when and what to recycle.
December 15, 2007
Region 16 School Board has begun negotiations to hire
James C. Augustine as Superintendent of the Region 16 School District.
Dr. Augustine is currently principal of Pomperaug High School,
ranked by Newsweek as one of the best high schools in the nation.
Pending negotiations, he could be on the job in January.
November 6, 2007
Prospect reelects Mayor Bob by vote of 2033-1273. The full slate of Republican candidates was elected.
August 21, 2007
School Bus Routes - View the School bus routes as of 8/22/07
May 15, 2007
The $6.5 Million Town Governement Budget was rejected by Prospect voters by a vote of.497 to 333. Turnout was light, at 14% of registered voters. The proposed 2007-08 budget was $392,608 more than the previous year's budget, and represented approximately 0.5 mill tax increase (Not counting Region 16 school budget increase).
May 8, 2007
Region 16 School Budget was rejected by Prospect and Beacon Falls voters by a vote of.851 to 974. Prospect approved the budget by a vote of 548 to 416, while Beacon Falls rejected the budget 558 to 303.
January 4, 2007
Recycling Schedule posted. Check your street to see the latest pickup dates.
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