Farmington Voters To Decide Budget/Taxes Thursday, Where To Vote?

FARMINGTON, CT —Voters have some important work to do Thursday when it will decide the town's fiscal future at a budget referendum for 2025-26 town/school spending.

And the May 1 vote will also decide what their tax bill will be later in the summer, namely, how much more folks will have to pay.

Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at all town polling places, which are the following:

• District 1, Precinct 1 & 2 - Irving Robbins Middle School, 20 Wolf Pit Road, Farmington.

• District 1, Precinct 3 & 4 - West Woods Upper Elementary School, 50 Judson Lane, Farmington.

• District 2, Precinct 5 - Farmington Police Department, 319 New Britain Ave., Unionville

•District 2, Precinct 6 - Community/Senior Center, 321 New Britain Ave., Unionville

• District 2, Precinct 7 - Municipal Campus (Farmington Library or Farmington High School), Monteith Drive, Farmington.

Town officials confirmed at a town meeting on April 21 that they have approved sending a $136.77 million town/school spending package for the next fiscal year to the referendum.

That budget is $8.164 million larger than the current, 2024-25 combined budget, or a 6.35 percent increase.

If approved as is next month, the budget would increase the town's tax rate from 25.45 mills to 26.62 mills — or a 1.17-mill increase.

For a home assessed at $300,000 (slightly less than the average assessment in Farmington), the new budget would mean an additional $351 in property taxes for that homeowner.

In all, taxes will increase by 4.61 percent, according to the latest figures from the town.

Budget breakdown

Included in the proposed budget are:

• $83.24 million to operate the Farmington School System — a 4.65 percent increase.

• $36.44 million for town operations — a 4.05 percent increase.

• Debt service is at $13.72 million — a 20.04 percent hike.

• Capital improvement items at $3.017 million — a 32.15 percent increase (the largest percentage hike in the budget.)

For more information on voting districts and poll sites, click on this link.

For the latest 2025-26 budget information, click on this link.

For absentee ballot information, click on this link.

From April 8: 'Farmington's 2025 Taxes, What's Next?'