By David Challenger.
The Town of Haddam held its Annual Budget Town Meeting on May 26th in person at Haddam Fire Station #1. There was a nice turnout to vote on two budget items. The first was the Capital Improvement budget totaling $1,021,991 which passed unanimously with no discussion. The second item was the Town Budget recommended by the Board of Finance for the fiscal year July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022. This also passed unanimously without any discussion.
The Town Meeting was adjourned, and the Board of Finance convened to set the mill rate for fiscal year 2021-2022. After 4 years of no rate increase, the Board voted to approve an increase of 0.47 mills setting the new mill rate at 32.16 for the upcoming fiscal year which represents a 1.49% increase.
