After town meeting vote, mill rate is up to 9.5

SALISBURY — Voters approved the 2010-11 spending plans for town government and education by a vote of 35-2 at a town meeting Wednesday, April 19.

The Board of Finance convened afterward and, as expected, set the mill rate at 9.5, which represents a 2.2-percent tax increase over this year (with a mill rate of  9.3).

The mill rate determines property taxes in Connecticut towns. A mill represents $1 in tax for every $1,000 of assessed property value. A 15-mill tax rate would translate into a tax bill of $1,500 for the owner of a home assessed at $100,000.

Total spending proposed for the 2010-11 fiscal year, including town government, Salisbury Central School and Salisbury’s share of the Region One School District budget, comes to $12,542,658, a total increase of $118,306, or .95 percent over the 2009-10 fiscal year.

The Board of Education was able to bring in a budget of $4,626,160, up $21,707 or .47 percent. Salisbury Central School currently has 312 students in grades kindergarten to eight, and a yearly cost-per-pupil figure of $17,129.

Salisbury’s share of the Region One budget (which passed at a regionwide referendum May 4) is $3,022,681, down $17,718, for a decrease of .58 percent.

The Board of Selectmen’s spending plan for town government calls for a total of $4,893,817, an increase of $114,317, or 2.3 percent.

Judge Charles Vail was the moderator of the town meeting.

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