On or prior to the 60th day preceding the date of the Annual
Town Meeting, the Board of Education shall submit to the Board of
Finance, in written format as prescribed by the Board of Finance,
the amount the Board of Education has determined is needed during
the ensuing fiscal year for the operation of the public schools and
the maintenance of the school buildings and other assets of the Town
entrusted to the care of such Board, together with supporting documentation
therefor. At the same time, the Board of Education shall also submit
estimates of the cost of anticipated capital expenditures for the
ensuing fiscal year, and for the four following fiscal years in such
form as may be prescribed by the Board of Finance. The Board of Education
shall provide copies of its submissions to the First Selectman at
the same time it submits the same to the Board of Finance.
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On or prior to the 60th day preceding the date of the Annual
Town Meeting, the Board of Selectmen shall submit to the Board of
Finance, in written format prescribed by the Board of Finance, the
amounts the Board of Selectmen has determined is needed during the
ensuing fiscal year for each of the various departments and organizations
of the Town other than the public schools, together with supporting
documentation therefor. At the same time, the Board of Selectmen shall
also provide estimates of the cost of all anticipated capital expenditures
for the ensuing fiscal year, as well as for the four following fiscal
years, in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Finance.
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On or before February 15 of each year, the Board of Finance
shall schedule dates, times and places for separate public hearings
on the Board of Education's and Board of Selectmen's budget
requests. These hearings (hereafter, the "public hearings"), shall
take place no later than the 35th day preceding the date of the Annual
Town Meeting.
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At least 10 days in advance of the public hearings, the Board
of Finance shall publish in a newspaper having general circulation
in the Town a notice of such public hearings which shall include a
summary of the budget requests of the Board of Education and Board
of Selectmen; the Board of Finance's estimates for debt service,
tax relief, non-tax revenues, contingencies, the Grand List, fund
balance reserves, the rate of taxation, and any other relevant matters.
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The Board of Finance shall consult with the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Education and then recommend a reconsidered budget and reconsidered rate of taxation to a Reconvened Annual Town Meeting. [The Board of Finance may reduce or increase any proposed appropriation when formulating such reconsidered budget, subject, however, to the rights of the Board of Selectmen to override any reduction or increase of a proposed line item appropriation by at least four votes and while making adjustments to its overall proposed appropriation as provided in § C-30E(2) above.] For this meeting, the Board of Selectmen shall set a place, time, and date within 25 days of the previous vote. At least five days in advance of this meeting, a notice shall be published in the local newspaper together with the reconsidered budget and reconsidered rate of taxation.
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The Board of Selectmen shall call a Special Town Meeting by legal notice as specified in § C-7B of the time, date and place of the Special Town Meeting and the adjourned vote, and forward to the Town Meeting for its consideration any request for a supplemental appropriation that the Board of Finance endorses but which it cannot grant due to the amount requested and the amount of any previous requests it may have granted. Such Special Town Meeting shall take place within 30 days of the date the Board of Finance endorses such supplemental appropriation.
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The Board of Selectmen shall call a Special Town Meeting by legal notice as specified in § C-7B of the time, date and place of the Special Town Meeting and the adjourned vote, and forward to the Town Meeting any request for a supplemental appropriation that the Board of Finance does not approve in its entirety within 30 days of its receipt of the same (other than a request made by the Board of Selectmen which it subsequently decides to withdraw). Such Town Meeting shall take place within 30 days of the date the Board of Finance fails to approve such supplemental appropriation, in full or in part, or by failing to take action. The Board of Selectmen may, in its discretion, call a public hearing and may, in such case, extend such time limitation for as long as 90 days between the receipt of the original request by the Board of Finance and the subsequent Special Town Meeting. Not less than seven nor more than 15 days in advance of the date set for such a public hearing, the Board of Selectmen shall publish in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town a notice of the date, time and place of the public hearing and a summary of the request or proposal. At the public hearing the Board making the request or proposal shall report on its reasons for making the same, and the Board of Finance shall report on the reasons for its action or failure to act.
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