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Try your own ideas for the FY 2026/27 budget and see how they would change the mill rate and tax bills. Bring what you come up with to the Board of Finance meeting on October 5 (Citizen Participation: Budget Suggestions), where we'll work through them together.
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Ideas are saved in this browser. To keep your own copy or move to another computer, use Copy table (pastes into Excel) and Paste table, or [data] on the calculator tab.
For Education, the Board of Finance sets the total; the Board of Education decides the line items. A Revenue idea can be new revenue, a refined estimate (for example, raising the investment interest line), or a larger draw from unassigned fund balance; enter only the increase. Each idea's full amount counts toward this fiscal year. Taxable value is 70% of a home's assessment.
Click Load Sample Data on the empty list to see a few sample ideas. Remove them anytime with Remove sample data.
The References & Resources tab links the budget worksheet, the original and revised budgets, meeting recordings, the mill rate history, and how property tax works.
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This cannot be undone. To keep a copy, first use Copy table on this tab, or [data] on the Reduction Calculator.
Get ideas down fast. Type a title, pick a budget, add a rough amount, and press Enter. Each idea is saved right away as New, and you can fill in the details later.
Paste a table made with Copy table. You can edit it in Excel or Numbers first; the header row must be included. Columns are matched by name, so they can be in any order. Calculated columns (FY27 savings, Mills, Viability) are recalculated.
| Revision | Mill Rate |
|---|---|
| Town Meeting (failed) | 18.26 |
| June 1 (failed) | 17.66 |
| July 8 vote (failed) | 17.52 |
| Sept 24 vote (failed) Current | 17.36 |
| Oct 5 proposed | 17.36 |
In Connecticut, the taxable value is 70% of the assessment. Tax = taxable value × mill rate ÷ 1,000. Real estate only; motor vehicles are taxed separately.
Copy saves everything: the calculator settings, manual cuts, motion edits, and every budget idea with its status and flags. Paste a saved copy and click Load to restore it all. Loading replaces the current ideas.