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As CT towns plan their budgets, some anticipate huge tax increases. Here's why

As CT towns plan their budgets, some anticipate huge tax increases. Here's why

Yahoo08-04-2025
While most Connecticut communities are proposing relatively modest tax increases of 1 to 4% and a few plan no change at all, several are warning of heftier hikes and at least two are looking to cut jobs and reduce services.
Wallingford is by far the most extreme case so far, blaming revaluation and other factors for creating the possibility of a 19% tax increase.
Among the other communities proposing substantial — but far less severe increases — are West Hartford at 7.3%, Cheshire at 12.7%, Bristol at 5.3% and Middletown at just under 9%.
'We're seeing more of the 5.5%, 6, 7 or 8% (increase proposals) than we typically see. Places like New London and Norwich are saying they can't keep raising taxes, so they're looking at cuts,' said Joe Delong, executive director of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
Emphasizing that each community's financial situation is different, Delong still said a few factors are hurting nearly all cities and towns: soaring medical insurance premiums for employees, and state aid that never rose to cover the federal pandemic relief funding that's been going away.
'Health care costs are just killing everyone. And a unifying theme we've seen over the last several years is that with ARPA funding gone, the bottom is falling out,' Delong said.
If state Education Cost Sharing funding had kept pace with inflation since 2017, there would be more than $400 million available to towns and cities for their school budgets.
'There was a $407 million shift from the (state) income tax to the (local) property tax,' he said.
Budget proposals are preliminary so far, with some towns beginning to revise or adopt them this months and others going as late as June. So far, though, there have been signs that this could be a particularly difficult year for numerous communities.
Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim cited falling revenue from car taxes combined with soaring insurance premiums for the city's workforce as significant factors.
'The vast majority of the overall increase in the budget is due to fixed costs, including a roughly 16% increase in health insurance costs that is unprecedented in recent years where Middletown has enjoyed relatively low rate hikes from our insurance provider,' he wrote in a message accompanying the $240.2 million budget he proposed this week.
Paying for it would require a tax rate of 32.8 mills, up 2.7 mills from the current rate, he said. That would translate to an annual extra cost of $490 on a home assessed at $175,000, or roughly another $40 a month.
'I know, and the council knows, that another $40 per month from residents' pockets isn't trivial. Neither is the prospect, or the reality, of crumbling buildings, soaring utility and healthcare costs, and a mindset of reaction and retrenchment in Hartford and Washington,' wrote Florsheim.
In Wallingford, homeowners face the impact of a revaluation that's reflecting much higher home values as well as a shift in tax burden from commercial to residential owners.
'At the proposed mill rate of 24.84, the average residential property parcel, now assessed at $277,618, would generate $6,896 in taxes, an increase of 19.18% from the current tax bill of $5,786,' Mayor Vincent Cervoni wrote in his budget proposal this week.
In at least two Connecticut communities, the solution appears to be reducing the payroll.
'Norwich has said they're considering cutting 10% of their workforce. New London's mayor has said he just can't raise taxes any more; they cut the New London (Sailfest) festival that's been around for so many decades. But he told me he's trying to help children from low-income families on one end, so he can't tax their families out of their homes,' Delong said.
New London Mayor Michael Passero has pledged not to increase taxes, and has cautioned he might need to reduce as many as 15 municipal jobs to balance the municipal books next year.
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The real effects of the Wisconsin state budget on children
The real effects of the Wisconsin state budget on children

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The real effects of the Wisconsin state budget on children

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On the surface, as you read the claims about historic investments in child care and K-12 schools, you might think the budget really solved some big problems. Take Evers' statement celebrating 'Over $330 million to support Wisconsin's child care industry and help lower child care costs for working families, a third of which is in direct payments to providers.' That means only $110 million is to continue the direct investment to all 4,700 eligible regulated child care programs. The original amount for this program was $480 million. Child care is receiving less than 25% of the requested amount. You might have surmised from Evers' victorious statement that parents will see a decrease in tuition costs with the new budget. However, the opposite is going to be occurring, and tuition increases will start in August. 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Investigating claims Kerr County rejected Biden admin's $10M offer to improve flood warning systems
Investigating claims Kerr County rejected Biden admin's $10M offer to improve flood warning systems

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Investigating claims Kerr County rejected Biden admin's $10M offer to improve flood warning systems

In mid-July 2025, social media users circulated a rumor that Kerr County, an area hit hard by central Texas' devastating flash floods, rejected $10 million offered by former U.S. President Joe Biden to update its flood warning system. Biden's administration did offer Kerr County about $10 million in pandemic relief funds under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in 2021. However, while local governments could use those funds for flood infrastructure, the federal government did not specifically earmark the money for that purpose. It could be used for various purposes, such as pandemic-related government services and pay for essential workers. Kerr County residents had mixed reactions to the offered funds. While the county's commissioners faced pressure to reject the federal money, they eventually accepted it and used most of it to build a new first responder emergency radio system for the sheriff's department. Although reputable reports indicate county officials, for years, discussed and attempted to upgrade their flood warning system, it remained unclear, as of this writing, why Kerr County did not use any of the federal funds to improve flood infrastructure. Harley Belew, a commissioner at the time, said via email that the radio system the county bought with ARPA funds was used "to full effect" during the flooding. As rescuers searched for missing people after flash floods surged through central Texas in July 2025, killing at least 131 people, social media users searched for someone to blame for the destruction. One rumor pointed fingers at officials from the conservative Kerr County, one of the hardest-hit areas along the Guadalupe River, for allegedly rejecting or diverting money sent by former U.S. President Joe Biden meant to update the county's flood warning systems. The allegation spread on Instagram, Facebook, X, Threads and Bluesky. "Kerr County was literally given $10 million by the Biden administration to help upgrade their flood warning system, and they said no," an Instagram user claimed in one popular video. "Instead, you know what Kerr County did? They called it a 'communist agenda' and rerouted the money to the sheriff's department." But this claim needs context. While the Biden administration did grant Kerr County $10.2 million in 2021, the federal government outlined various purposes for the money, such as pay for essential workers and assistance for businesses affected by the pandemic. The money could be used for natural disaster-related infrastructure, such as updates to flood warning systems, but it did not have to be spent that way. The funds originated from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, which Congress passed to support local governments impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. "I've been getting death threats, can you imagine? And cursing us for decisions we didn't get a chance to make," one Kerr County commissioner, Rich Paces, said at a July 14, 2025, meeting (see 24:03). "Joe Biden didn't give us $10 million for a flood warning system. Now, that's just false information. We did get 10 million in ARPA funds, OK, and we used it for a radio system to help with emergency response." While Kerr County residents were split on whether to accept the ARPA money, the county did eventually accept the funds and spent most of it on building a new emergency response radio system for the sheriff's department. In other words, officials did not spend ARPA dollars on upgrading the county's outdated flood warning system. While current Kerr County commissioners did not immediately respond to an inquiry asking about this, a commissioner from 2021, Harley Belew, said replacing the "antiquated" system "provided better coverage between Kerr County officers and dispatch." "The new system also enabled Kerr County Deputies to communicate with other state and local law enforcement agencies during emergencies," Belew wrote in an email. "Those radios have been used to full effect during this disaster." How Kerr County could have spent ARPA funds The ARPA gave local governments loose guidelines for what to use the funds on. Those guidelines, taken directly from the legislation, can be seen below (emphasis ours): (Sec. 9901) This section provides funding to states, territories, and tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency. A state, territory, or tribal government shall use the funds to cover costs incurred by December 31, 2024, to respond to the COVID-19 emergency or its negative economic impacts, including assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality; provide premium pay to essential workers or provide grants to employers of essential workers during the COVID-19 emergency; provide government services to the extent of the reduction in revenue of such state, territory, or tribal government due to the COVID-19 emergency; or make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure. The section prohibits (1) the use of funds to reduce or delay the imposition of a tax or tax increase, or (2) deposit of the funds into a pension fund. Page 59 of this Treasury Department document showed the federal government did, in fact, offer Kerr County $10.2 million in ARPA funds. Other local governments used ARPA funds for storm-related infrastructure. Corpus Christi, Texas, for example, used $15 million in ARPA money to "rehabilitate and/or replace aging storm water infrastructure" (Page 8). But Kerr County did not spend any of its ARPA dollars on storm or water-related infrastructure, except for about $116,000 used for an "ice storm closure," according to a Kerr County budget workshop in July 2024. It's unclear how, exactly, those funds were used (see 2:28:34). Local residents had mixed reaction to ARPA offer When the Biden administration offered the ARPA money to the county, some people urged officials to reject it entirely. In a survey of 181 residents, about 41% of respondents said they wanted to "send the money back." In a Nov. 22, 2021, meeting, residents cited fears of federal overreach and possible "strings attached" — such as potential vaccine mandates — as reasons to reject the $10.2 million. At least one resident referred to "these people" — presumably the Biden administration — as "communist," as referenced in the above-mentioned Instagram post. (For the record, nothing in ARPA mandates COVID-19 vaccines.) The county's commissioners eventually voted to accept the funds, despite "heavy pressure, sometimes bordering threatening behavior, from ultra-conservative activists," according to a local newspaper, Kerr County Lead. Of the $10.2 million, Kerr County spent $7 million on a new first responder emergency radio for the sheriff's department and another $1.1 million on hiring emergency responders. The county also spent funds on a new walkway, other hires and administrative needs like updated software (see a detailed breakdown at 2:27:34). Why didn't Kerr County use ARPA dollars to upgrade flood alert system? Multiple reputable news outlets, including NBC News, reported that before 2021, Kerr County officials repeatedly discussed upgrading its flood warning systems and sought funding from the state, only to be rebuffed. One rejected proposal reportedly asked Texas for just under $1 million to update the flood warning system. According to Kerr County's adopted 2024-25 budget, officials spent $9,500 on its flood warning system from budget year 2020 to 2024 (Page 98). However, as of this writing, Kerr County has not provided an explanation as to why it did not use ARPA money to fund its much-needed alert system. The Texas Tribune reported on July 10 that "it's not clear if residents or the commissioners understood at the time they could have applied the [ARPA] funds to a warning system," given that the Kerr County commissioners in charge at the time did not respond to the paper's requests for interviews. The commissioners, except for Belew, also did not immediately respond to Snopes. Belew's aforementioned response did not directly address whether commissioners knew they could use the funds for a warning system, despite being asked. A Nov. 4, 2021, workshop presentation on ARPA funds by Kerr County's grant administrator at the time, Rosa Lavender, noted the money could be used on "necessary investments to improve access to clean drinking water, stormwater infrastructure, and to expand access to broadband internet" (Slide 9). At least a dozen residents attended the workshop, based on minutes from a commissioner meeting on Nov. 22, 2021. Therefore, at least some residents and officials knew the money could be used on stormwater infrastructure. To summarize: Kerr County did not reject $10 million from the Biden administration to update its flood warning system, specifically. Rather, the former presidential administration issued the money, pandemic relief funding, to use on various things, including, but not limited to, stormwater infrastructure. So, while the county could have used the federal dollars to upgrade the flood warning system, it spent most of it on an emergency responder radio system for the sheriff's department. It remained unclear as of this writing why Kerr County did not use the funds specifically for its flood warning system. "Allocations and Payments." U.S. Department of the Treasury, 11 June 2024, Accessed 15 July 2025. Amestoy, Louis. "BREAKING: Kerr County Commissioners Hold Fast on Federal COVID-19 Funds." The Kerr County Lead, 24 Jan. 2022, Accessed 15 July 2025. City of Corpus Christi -Recovery Plan. 31 Aug. 2021, Accessed 15 July 2025. Flavelle, Christopher, et al. "Kerr County Repeatedly Sought Help with Flood Risk. Texas Said No." The New York Times, 10 July 2025, Accessed 15 July 2025. Gorman, Steve. "Texas Flood Death Toll Rises to 131 as New Storms Loom." Reuters, 15 July 2025, Accessed 15 July 2025. "H.R.1319 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): American Rescue Plan Act of 2021." 2 Mar. 2021, Accessed 15 July 2025. Jacoby, Kenny. "Texas County Where Campers Died Was Denied Money to Boost Warning Systems." USA TODAY, 7 July 2025, Accessed 15 July 2025. KERR COUNTY AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) PROJECT WORKSHOP. 4 Nov. 2021, Accessed 15 July 2025. "Kerr County Commissioners' Court Budget Workshop, July 1, 2024." 1 July 2024, Accessed 15 July 2025. "KERR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT Regular Session Monday, November 22, 2021." 22 Nov. 2021, Accessed 15 July 2025. "Kerr County Commissioners Court Session, July 14, 2025." 14 July 2025, Accessed 15 July 2025. KERR COUNTY, TEXAS 2024-2025 ADOPTED BUDGET . Sept. 24AD, Accessed 15 July 2025. Langford, Terri, and Dan Keemahill. "Why Kerr County Balked on a New Flood Warning System." The Texas Tribune, 10 July 2025, Accessed 15 July 2025. Lavender, Rosa. "County Provides ARPA Fund Update." 14 July 2024, Accessed 15 July 2025. Sommer, Lauren. "Kerr County Struggled to Fund Flood Warnings. Under Trump, It's Getting Even Harder." NPR, 10 July 2025, Accessed 15 July 2025. "Survey Results." "Veterans' Pathway Open to Pedestrians Following Friday Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony." Welcome to Kerr County | Kerrville, TX, Accessed 15 July 2025. Willard, Keenan. "Donations Pour into Kerr County as Officials Say State Will Improve Flood Safety." NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, 9 July 2025, Accessed 15 July 2025.

Kinetic Passes 60% Completion on $39 Million Fiber Internet Build in Lowndes County
Kinetic Passes 60% Completion on $39 Million Fiber Internet Build in Lowndes County

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